Lyneham High School visit
Learning about soil water storage.
The Mulloon Institute’s James Diak and Joe Skuse hosted an eager class of Year 9 students from Lyneham High School for a morning in late April with a focus on regenerative agricultural principles. The group was keen to see how farms can harness natural processes to play vital roles in fertility and water management. The students gained an insight into how a regenerative farming operation works and how work undertaken by TMI helped reinstate natural processes that manage water, soil, and plant growth.
The class was taken through a small experiment designed to highlight the interaction between soil compaction and soil water storage. Water was poured over a set of sponges varying in density and permeability. This provided the students with a visual representation of how regenerative management can aid water management in Australian landscapes.
The group then went on a walking tour around the farm to dams, contours and the creek, providing students with a holistic picture of the landscape and its driving processes. On the tour James was peppered with questions with topics ranging from stock management, weed management and drought tolerance.
A special thanks to the teachers and students for being such engaged and polite guests. The Mulloon Institute looks forward to seeing these bright people emerge in the regenerative agriculture industry in the future.
The Mulloon Rehydration Initiative is jointly funded through the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program. The initiative is also assisted by the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust.
Visiting one of the farm’s dams.