Kirsten and Nick in the top paddock
Milkwood is a small organic farm-in-the-making near Mudgee in the high hills of central NSW, Australia. Our vision: a viable, abundant smallholding and a unique center for land-based-learning; specializing in permaculture, regenerative agriculture and small farm skills.
The backstory for this place is of two former-urbanites (Kirsten and Nick) moving to a scrap of land attached to their parent’s retirement property with the intent to build a shack and live simply. But along the way we got involved. In permaculture. In farming. And now we’re hooked.
A couple of years in, we now find ourselves hosting and teaching courses with world-leaders in regenerative agriculture, permaculture and other amazing skills and theories that have massive implications for our community’s future.
We also now find ourselves sharing Milkwood with others – our aim is to develop complimentary land-based enterprises that can allow others to ‘plug in’ to what we’re developing here. It seems to be working. But it’s complicated, and it’s not always easy. But it is definitely worth it.
As part of this process we started Milkwood Permaculture, a permaculture education, consultancy and design firm. This social enterprise sits as a complimentary arm to the establishment of Milkwood Farm and provides us the opportunity to draw on a range of amazing practitioners and educators, to help figure out how we can all move towards regenerative models of living, farming and community.
Within this blog we share the process of setting up a small, sustainable farm from scratch, as well as what we’re learning, seeing and doing in the wider world of permaculture and regenerative agriculture. We have very little start-up capital, but plenty of good information, energy and enthusiasm.
Milkwood crew:
- Kirsten Bradley (Milkwood Farm owner, writer, beekeeper, thinker, mother)
- Nick Ritar ( Milkwood Farm owner, educator, farmer, designer, engineer, father)
- Trev Bamford (process manager, organiser, thinker, people carer)
- Stephen Couling (market gardener, chicken wrangler, blogger, composter)
- Rose Newberry (chef, sourdough baker, gardener, illustrator, fermentation expert)
- Dan Harris Pascal (forest garden designer, plant whisperer, doer, ukelele maestro)
Ashar Fox and Jesha the cattledog
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