Jane Slattery is the co-founder, with Diane and Ian Haggerty, of natural intelligence farming – underpinning what Charles Massy has called their ‘world breakthrough’ operation. And to hear Di an Ian defer to Jane in many ways, had me so looking forward to meeting her. Then, earlier this year, I happened to be near Jane’s neck of the woods in South Australia, hosting one of the Planet Talks at WOMAD. Thankfully, she was up for coming into Adelaide for a chat. And more by fate than design, she follows the episode with the legend Fred Provenza. In some ways, Jane sings off a similar song sheet. But where Fred was led by science to soul, you could say Jane has come at it from soul first - while still utterly grounded in our embodied experience of a wondrous world.

This is a very special and rare conversation. Jane is only now feeling like speaking publicly about her work in media like this. You’ll hear some of why. After running a successful family business around Australia, she gave it all up to follow a compelling sense of what she felt she needed to be doing. And, along with the Haggerty’s, she has gone on to guide and inspire an increasing number of brilliant regenerative outcomes around the country.

This conversation was recorded by the River Torrens in Adelaide, on the land of the Kaurna people, on 15 March 2022.

Title slide image: Jane Slattery (pic: Anthony James).

Music: Regeneration, composed by Amelia Barden, from the soundtrack of the new film Regenerating Australia, available for community screenings now - https://theregenerators.co/regenerating-australia/

Find more: Jane Slattery – https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-slattery-59829035/

You can meet Jane at the upcoming RCS Australia conference in Brisbane in July - https://www.regennarration.com/events/convergence-international-conference-2020

And if you’d like to hear from Di and Ian Haggerty out on their farm - https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/068-natural-intelligence-farming

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