What does it take to regenerate 50,000 hectares — and your own soul — at the same time?

In this raw, grounded conversation, Samantha Jewel sits down with Khory, a carbon project developer who’s lived through the rollercoaster of pioneering regenerative land management in Australia. From flying LiDAR over vast cattle stations to crying on the kitchen floor over policy setbacks, this is a rare behind-the-scenes look at what it really takes to build nature-based carbon systems in a broken financial world.

Together they unpack:

• Why cattle are critical to ecosystem health (and why removing them could be a disaster)
• How government frameworks trap innovation behind outdated definitions
• What’s wrong with 25-year carbon lock-ins
• The psychology of farmers — and what truly gets them to change
• Stories of failure, resilience, and hope from the soil up

🌱 Core Topic Tags

#RegenerativeAgriculture
#SoilHealth
#CarbonCredits
#NatureBasedSolutions
#RegenAg

🐄 Livestock + Landscape Tags

#CattleGrazing
#GrazingManagement
#LandStewardship
#CarbonFarming
#WorkingWithNature

📉 Policy + System Critique

#ClimatePolicy
#AgPolicy
#LandUse
#EnvironmentalMarkets
#CarbonMarketReform

💬 Emotional + Human Layer

#FarmerVoices
#ClimateResilience
#MindsetShift
#FarmersRights
#TheCostOfCourage