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New music for the show, by LIOR.
We have a new tune for our show to welcome the new year! An old friend of mine from uni happens to be one of Australia’s finest artists, Lior, and as I love supporting local artists and it’s been brilliant having Melanie Horsnell’s music on the show the past couple of years, for 2023/24 it will be Lior. You will hear excerpts from his track “Caught Up” – go check it out on iTunes or Spotify if you want to hear the whole song or album, Scattered Reflections. Co-written with Cameron Deyell, it’s a great song and I love the reflective energy of it – perfect for the show, right? Enjoy. Lior is always touring, so do check out his website. It is wonderful to hear him sing live, trust me.
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And on this week’s show!
This show, I chat to Jade Miles, author, podcaster, regenerative heritage fruit farmer, homesteading workshop facilitator and CEO of Sustainable Table. A fellow poly-jobist! Today we ask the all important question: What really is a sustainable table and how to we effect big, systemic change when it comes to farming – from degenerative, to regenerative and truly sustainable?
Jade has driven a catalytic change in direction at Sustainable Table from a once small scale Victorian based, education enterprise that connected eaters to their food and the growers who created it, to its current-day vision of transforming farming, food, and fibre systems through regenerative ways of being, doing and knowing. Grounded in care for people and planet, her team facilitates connection, collaboration, funding, and learning to catalyse change across Australia.
“Every decision we make has an impact – on other humans, creatures and ecosystems. How do you make your decisions and will their impact be degenerative, sustainable or regenerative?
Today’s show is a balm for those wanting a better way forward for our planet that doesn’t always have a corporate giant or billionaire behind it. I hope you love it and look forward to hearing what your ‘enough’ is as we discuss it towards the end of the show.
Connect with Futuresteading and sustainable table here:
Website: futuresteading.com | sustainabletable.org.au | blackbarnfarm.com.au
Instagram: @futuresteading | @sustainable.table | @black_barn_farm
And Jade’s book available on Amazon and Booktopia
And if you fancy hearing some of the questions I asked in the show, here they are:
- So last time we spoke it was about your gorgeous ‘new’ book Futuresteading and Blackbarn Farm and now you’re driving systems change at Sustainable Table – let’s talk about that and how you’re fitting it all into life!?
- What is happening on the ground in farming in Australia?
- How accepted/easy/challenging is it to get regenerative farming at the discussion table and then the investment to get it happening on a broader scale on the ground?
- Let’s talk about how we heal divides and drive change not just from the bottom up but the top down too.
- Re-evaluating endless growth as a model and a transition towards something new – it’s so big it’s easier not to think about, right?
- What is ‘enough’ in our lives? A powerful question with revealing answers if we make the space, take time and answer them.
- What does that personal food system change step look like?
About Jade Miles
With the bush in her bones and business in her head, Jade Miles is a poly-jobist right down to her toes (which are probably barefoot and muddy). She’s been a local food advocate and educator right across the country for the last decade and founded the Beechworth food coop and North East local food strategy. In 2020 she launched her podcast Futuresteading and with 140 episodes spanning 7 season now under her belt she has also released a book with the same name. To be sure she is putting her efforts where her mouth is, Jade is also a regenerative heritage fruit farmer.
Together with her husband and three kids, Jade runs Black Barn Farm, a biodiverse orchard, nursery and workshop space in Northeast Victoria. She’s an active presence in the regenerative space, hosting school programs, permaculture and homesteading workshops while sitting on multiple boards – all in the name of reconnecting people to nature, food and a simpler existence.
From a childhood sitting quietly by her father’s side on the Indigenous country around the country as he painted the ochre tones of the land, to dodging exploding jars of homemade tomato sauce as a homegrown hippy kid Jade went on to teach drama to kids in the bush, hitchhike through central America solo, set up locally supplied cafes in Cambodia and Vanuatu all the while dipping back into the odd spate of strategic development work for values aligned businesses such as Sustainable Table where she is currently CEO.
She has driven a catalytic change in direction at the organisation from a once small scale Victorian based, education enterprise that connected eaters to their food and the growers who created it, to its current-day vision of transforming farming, food, and fibre systems through regenerative ways of being, doing and knowing. Grounded in care for people and planet, her team facilitates connection, collaboration, funding, and learning to catalyse change across Australia.
Encouraging us all to step outside our comfortable place, be still, be curious, be observant, and be united in our celebration of food and those who grow is Jade’s super power. Jade joins the dots through the power of storytelling, calling a spade a spade and encouraging all of us to redefine success, celebrate simple and build ritual for community now and for the next seven generations.
“Every decision we make has an impact – on other humans, creatures, and ecosystems. How do you make your decisions and will their impact be degenerative, sustainable or regenerative?
Website: futuresteading.com | sustainabletable.org.au | blackbarnfarm.com.au
Instagram: @futuresteading | @sustainable.table | @black_barn_farm
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