Landcare Library
Sustainable Agriculture Resources
Regenerative agriculture
Podcasts with Salt of the Earth Farm Stories (can also be listened to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify):
Check out our KCLG YouTube channel for a number of videos and case studies around regenerative grazing.
Dung beetles and earthworms:
Dung Beetles:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYq0ZK1fAhw
- Dung Beetle Identification Guide
- Caring for Dung Beetles – One of the biggest threats to dung beetles can be some of the products used to treat intestinal worms in livestock and horses. This brochure is a guide to what chemicals are harmful to beetles (and their larvae).
- Dung Beetle Fact Sheet
- CSIRO Technical Report No. 62 Australias Introduced Dung Beetles: Original Releases & Redistributions Marina Tyndale-Biscoe 1996
Dung Beetle Resource Package Compiled in 2008 by Lucyvale Better Beef Group. Downloadable in five parts.
Earthworms
- A Guide to the Most Commonly Found Earthworms in North East Victoria
- A Pictorial Guide to the Paddock Earthworms of South-Eastern Australia by P Mele & C Hollier
- Meat & Livestock Australia has some great Tips & Tools on how to care for earthworms
Soils
- Soil HASH tool – Soil Land Food, a tool for monitoring soil health and function.
Biodiversity (native flora and fauna) and revegetation
- Species Selection for Revegetation Projects – access this link to find out which species to plant for your area.
- Revegetation Guide – Baranduda Landcare
- Bandicoots – Deakin University, their role as digging mammals
- Enhancing your farm Dam – ANU Sustainable Farms – find out how you can improve biodiversity, water quality, shade, and shelter for stock by enhancing your farm dam.
- Woodland Birds of North-East Victoria (2016)
Books:
- Murray Ralph, 2009, Growing Australian Native Plants from Seed
- Leon Costermans, 2006, Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia
- Leon Costermans, 1998, Trees of Victoria and adjoining areas. (handy Field Guide)
- Fleur Stelling, 1994, Revegetation Guide for Kiewa Basin
Weeds and Pest Animal Control
- Best practice blackberry control – Victorian Blackberry Taskforce
- Best Practice Blackberry Management, learnings and stories from landholders and contractors in the Kiewa Catchment
- Case study best practice blackberry control
- Case study best practice blackberry control and biodiversity
Podcasts with Salt of the Earth Farm Stories (can also be listened to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify):
Best Practice Rabbit Management – Victorian Rabbit Action Network
Environmental History
- Environmental History, including Indigenous History of the Kiewa Valley
Cultural Practices
- Native grasses & Indigenous burn techniques video – “Considering Native Pastures”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDYHF_FfZLg
- Fire and TEK Burning Trial: Using Fire as a Tool for Managing Native Grasses: An Indigenous Perspective, 2015
- Landcare Magazine 2015 – Project Case Study Fire Trials
- KCLG Fire in the Landscape, June 2025
Mental Health and Well-being
Podcasts with Salt of the Earth Farm Stories (can also be listened to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify):