Personal Motives
This project is not an abstract health theory for me – it began with watching my wife battle diabetes, face possible amputation,…
The plan
There are two problems. The short-term problem is that our current food system is deficient in the microbes which form our gut biome and essential minerals which have led to...
Riddle
Look around the world and back over time and you will see the great riddle of three communities. We see low tech communities with a poor food system, lack of...
Applying Technology
With all our modern technology and automated production capacity, we should only need to work a couple of days a week to have everything we need and live a healthy...
Become a Healthy Food Ambassador
The global food crisis is not some threat for the future, it is here right now, it is not just about poor people starving in some remote country it is...
The Great Food War
Will the power of mega-corporations that control our food system reign supreme leaving the community fat and sick and destroying civilisation as we know it as the supply of essential...
Growers wanted
Growers wanted At this moment Gbiota is used by a pretty determined bunch who are prepared to the bother of making their own Gbiota beds and boxes. However, it is...
Gbiota Tri Box – background
Modern food is full of energy but is low in the nutrients which feed our gut brain which acts as our intelligent control system which regulates, among many things, our...
Minister’s Reply on Water Reform and Water-Saving Innovation (2006)
In May 2006, Malcolm Turnbull MP replied to Colin Austin’s letter about Australia’s water policy and new technologies to harvest more rain.…
What Traditional Food Systems in Yunnan Teach Us About Health
This article is a practical travel reflection written from Shenzhen after a trip to Yunnan. The “official” reason for the visit is…
How Urban Agriculture Can Combat Hidden Hunger
This article is a summary of Colin Austin’s 2014 Shanghai–Wuhan talk on wicking beds and why “more food” is not the same…
Yangtou Village Diabetes Farm Stay: Operating Plan
Type 2 diabetes is now so common that the standard medical system is overloaded. A farm-stay retreat model can help by teaching…
Queensland’s Water Crisis and the 2006 State Election
In the lead-up to the 2006 Queensland State Election, water emerged as one of the biggest public concerns. This short update explains…
The Doctor and the Water Crisis: How Local Solutions Can End a Man-Made Shortage
This article explains why the so-called water crisis is largely man-made and how communities can manage water successfully using simple, local technologies.…
Wanted: Regenerative Farmers to Grow Food for Health, Soil, and Climate
This announcement is a call to regenerative farmers who want to grow food that supports real human health while restoring soil and…
Queensland Floods — What Role Does Climate Change Play?
The Queensland floods of 2010–2011 raised a hard question: was this simply another natural flood, or a sign of a changing climate?…
Dear Malcolm: Proposal to Help Solve Australia’s Water Crisis
This short letter sets out a straightforward problem and a practical next step. Australia receives an enormous volume of rainfall overall, yet…
Eco-Village Accommodation In Queensland: Heritage Stay At Kookaburra Park
Looking for a slower, healthier way to live (even if only for a week)? Kookaburra Park Eco Village offers a calm heritage…