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Earth Canvas

In 2007, Gillian Sanbrook bought Bibbaringa, a 950-hectare property located in Wymah Valley on the south west slopes of New South Wales. At the time, the land had suffered from overuse – too many livestock led to the degradation and reduction of ground cover and, as a result, soil quality was poor. It needed new land management practices to improve carbon levels and create the right growing conditions.

A practitioner of regenerative farming, Sanbrook began

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