Panel Discussion with Chris Trump, Rick Clark, Darren Doherty, Adam Cobb, and Adrienne Godschlax
In this panel discussion, Rick Clark, Darren Doherty, Chris Trump, and Adam B. Cobb cover a wide range of topics, including their approaches and experiences with Regenerative Farming, and thoughts on how we can all collaborate more to be more successful. They also share their own definitions of Regenerative Agriculture.
Speakers
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Chris TrumpLeading US expert in Natural Farming technologiesChris Trump grew up farming a variety of different crops and livestock using conventional and organic farming methods. In 1988, his family took over a 800-acre macadamia nut farm in Hawaii and they are still farming it today. In 2005, the Trump farm had an infestation of green stink bug that led to an 80% crop failure. Chris heard about a Korean Natural Farming (KNF) seminar held in Hawaii, so he went. The KNF premise seemed radical, but Chris had noticed from observing nature that it just might work. Chris experimented using KNF inputs and solutions on a small portion of the diseased trees in his family’s orchard. The results were astounding: KNF solutions changed the fate of the Trump farm. As a result, Chris Trump is passionate about sharing how Korean Natural Farming has transformed his farm and how it is a game-changer for producing crops that are incredibly nutrient-dense and sustainable. Chris Trump is the first person to use Korean Natural Farming techniques on a large-scale farm. He is the creator of the latest version of liquid IMO and he has perfected the KNF inputs and solutions so that they are incredibly effective and adapted to Hawaii and mainland USA. Chris wants to walk alongside you on this KNF journey. He will help your farm/garden be successful, just like his.
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Darren J. Doherty - CPAg (AIA)Director & Farm Planner of Regrarians Ltd.Darren J. Doherty, CPAg (AIA) is a farm planner who is the founder of Regrarians Ltd. and the Regrarians Platform®—the world’s most comprehensive agroecological landscape, enterprise, and training framework. Since 1993, Darren has worked with tens of thousands of people around the world. Since 2004 he has been a key figure in introducing regenerative agriculture to many continents, most notably with his Soil, Water & Carbon for Every Farm (2007), Carbon Farming and Economy (2008/9), RegenAG® (2010/11) and REX® (2016-19) world tours. Together with Andrew Jeeves and Georgi Pavlov, Darren is leading the Regrarians Handbook project—which Polyface Farm’s Joel Salatin has hailed as, “…the most comprehensive encyclopedic treatment of all the topics we hold dear than anything I’ve ever seen, or imagined…”
Darren grew up and lives on Dja Dja Wurrung country in central Victoria, Australia, with his wife Lisa Heenan, their daughters, Isaebella & Pearl and son Zane—all of whom own and run Cream Town, an organic café/restaurant and creatives hub.
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Dr. Adam B. CobbSoil Food Web School, Content Development & Science EditorAdam’s passion for agriculture emerged in 2008, during his three months of volunteer work on organic farms in New Zealand. His time in graduate school cultivated a broad vision for the restoration of living soils, as well as utilization of research and community engagement to address current and emerging global food production challenges. After completing his doctorate at Oklahoma State University in 2016, he was funded as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Instructor. During the past 5 years, Adam authored or coauthored 20 research publications focused on agroecology and plant-microbial symbioses. He also taught multiple undergraduate and graduate courses on global food security, restoration ecology, and environmental science. He joined The Soil Food Web School in 2021, following his dream to help regenerate soils, improve human nutrition, and protect our planet.
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Dr. Adrienne GodschalxSoil Food Web School Mentor and ResearcherDr. Adrienne Godschalx studied chemical ecology at Portland State University and conducted her PhD research on nitrogen-fixing rhizobia and how a plant’s belowground symbiosis can affect leaf chemistry, and as a result, the plant’s relationship with insects, both herbivore pests and beneficial predators. She pursued her research further as a postdoc at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, where she investigated the volatile organic compounds plants emit as signals to microbes and insects. When Adrienne started working as a Mentor for the Soil Food Web School, she was bewildered by the potency of the soil food web in plant health and plant-insect interactions: that leaving the harmful -icides aside and restoring the soil food web can nourish nutrient-rich, naturally-defended plants. Adrienne is thrilled to have a tangible way to engage in symbiosis with the beautiful wild world.
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Rick ClarkFarmer, Founder of Farm Green ConsultingRick is a 5th generation farmer who resides in Warren County, Indiana with his wife Carol. They have two daughters, Jessica and Rachel; two sons-in-law, Michael and Erik; and two grandchildren, Charlotte and Noah.
Awards and Accomplishments
– 2022 National No-Till Innovator of the year
– 2017 Danone Sustainable Farmer of the Year
– Land O’ Lakes Outstanding Sustainability Award
– Regional winner of the American Soybean Association’s Conservation Legacy Award
– 2019 Field to Market Sustainable Farmer of the Year award
– Keynote speaker at the 2019 National No-Till Conference
– Traveled globally to speak to international farmers
– No-Till Magazine CoverRick is the owner and operator of Clark Land & Cattle and Farm Green Consulting.