Teaching Kenya's youth to embrace regenerative agriculture

Young trailblazer and evoke^AG. Future Young Leader Alumni, George Chapman, lives on the edge of the Nairobi National Park in Kenya where he runs a regenerative agriculture farm and teaches the next generation about the importance of soil health.

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Regenerative Agriculture evoke^AG. 2020 Future Young Leaders Education Soil Health

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by Megan Woodward

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Yandina Creek, Queensland

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Posted on 1 Jul 2022

AgriFutures evokeAG. 2020 Future Young Leader Alumni, George Chapman.

This week we bring you an interview with a young trailblazer and an evoke^AG. Future Young Leader Alumni, George Chapman.

George was selected back in 2020, to be part of the AgriFutures evoke^AG. Future Young Leader Program, where he took to the stage at evoke^AG. in Melbourne, to talk about the importance of soil health and share part of his regenerative agriculture journey.

Originally from Coraki on the Northern Rivers, George now lives on the edge of the Nairobi National Park in Kenya, where he runs an organic broiler chicken farm and uses regenerative practices at his family’s safari lodge ‘Ololo Farm‘, where he also trains and educates Kenya’s youth in organic and regenerative farming practices.

Ololo Farm

Here he shares his experience from the evoke^AG. Future Young Leaders Program, and how it helped him expand his network and shape his agricultural journey.

If you or someone you know would like to be a part of the AgriFutures evoke^AG. 2023 Future Young Leaders Program, you can apply here and find more information about the Future Young Leaders Program here. Applications close on Sunday, 3 July.

Sponsorship of the Future Young Leaders program is a collaboration between Australia’s 15 Research & Development Corporations (RDCs) through the Council of RDCs.

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