David Hardwick has worked in community development and then horticulture before completing a dairy traineeship on an organic dairy in NSW. Since then, he has had a wide-ranging career working in management and technical roles including Landcare extension, Agronomy, Soils, Agribusiness, Biofertilizer R&D and manufacturing, Helped run a regional farmers market business and worked on a rural cooperative and social enterprise projects. All of which have led him to where he is today at Land, Soil, Food where he teaches soils, regenerative agriculture, farm planning and agroecology. David aims to empower farmers with knowledge and skills that are going to make a difference. Soil, Land, Food delivers high quality innovative extension projects, workshops and courses in soils, regenerative and organic agriculture, agroecology, composting, biofertilizer and landscape management. An important part of farming is understanding your soil biology so you can treat it and crop effectively. Many farmers don’t know that they can do their own soil testing and make the best decisions for how to treat their soil to get the best returns.