In this session, soil scientist Phil Mulvey takes a fresh look at water, challenging us to think beyond rainfall and dams to the way entire landscapes store, move and cycle moisture. Exploring the connections between soil, vegetation and hydrology, Phil explains how improving landscape function can help farms become more resilient in a drying climate.

This talk was recorded at GROUNDED Festival 2026, held in April at Yan Yan Gurt West Farm, VIC.

You can listen to Phil's talk in full, as well as all other presentations for the two–day event on their Website or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Amazon Music.

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About Grounded Festival:

GROUNDED Festival is a cross between a farming conference and a food festival, held on a different farm each year. Every festival is unique, celebrating the people, landscapes and food of its host region through an inspiring line-up of speakers, local producers and hands-on learning.

With multiple stages running concurrently, GROUNDED brings together science and technology, ancient wisdom and fresh thinking. It provides a respectful place for lively discussion, an audience as interesting as the speakers, and an excellent menu of local food, drinks and music, all on a beautiful, regeneratively managed farm.

Each year, we record many of the presentations and make them freely available as the GROUNDED Live podcast. We hope you enjoy the conversations.

Thanks for listening, and if you enjoy this episode, we'd love to welcome you to a future GROUNDED Festival.