The Permaculture Research Institute of Australia

Darren J. Doherty has extensive experience across the world in project design, development, management & training. A career-long focus on the profitable & regenerative retrofit of broadacre landscapes has seen Darren acclaimed as a pioneer in this important & often overlooked field.

Darren is a 5th generation Bendigo farmer, developer and trainer has been involved in the design & development of over 1500, mostly broadacre projects across 5 continents in 44 countries, ranging from 1 million hectare cattle stations in Australia’s Kimberly region to 110,000 acre Estancia’s in Patagonia, EcoVillage developments in Tasmania to Public:Private R&D Agroforestry & Education Projects in Viet Nam, Novel AG Machinery development + Family Farms across the globe with a range of private, corporate, government & non-profit clients.

A true ‘integrationalist’, Darren has more recently been the originator of the Keyline® Design, Carbon Farming, Carbon Economy & Regenerative Agriculture (along with RegenAG®) courses which have been run across Europe, North & South America and Oceania. This wide experience has created an international reputation of achievement plus and enviable & expansive network that integrates many disciplines. Globally many of Darren’s alumni of over 6000 people are at the cutting edge of the movement towards regenerative agriculture & living systems.

Darren is the originator of the Regen10 process which outlines a strategic & logical process to the development of regenerative agricultural systems, central to which is another innovation ‘IntegriPasture’ which provides a integrated framework for multiple species pastoral and localised processing, logistics and marketing.

Darren is married to Lisa Heenan and together with their three children, Isaebella (19), Pearl (13) & Zane (11), they run HeenanDoherty Pty. Ltd., a family Consulting, Events, Development, AG Products & multi-award winning Media biz, from their farm 'Dehesa Felix' in the Bendigo region of central Victoria, Australia.

GAELIC: DARREN Ó DOCHARTAIGH

DATE OF BIRTH: 2nd October 1967

NATIONALITY: Australian

BIRTHPLACE & RESIDENCE: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

LANGUAGES: Australian English (native), Viet Nam (basic), Castellano (basic)

HOLISTICGOAL®:

‘...To maintain creative, intergenerational family & community lives built around regenerative & profitable production, management & educational systems...’

‘TOP 10' OUTCOMES:

1. Produce stable environments with sound watersheds
2. Restore profitability via integrated & regenerative agricultural development & management
3. Increase wildlife species, numbers with species & stability of populations
4. Improve water, soil & vegetation resources of cities, industry & agriculture
5. Re-establish riverine & riparian areas
6. Prevent waste of financial, human & natural resources
7. Entrench Holistic Management® Decision Making Frameworks & Permaculture Design Ethics & Principles within the education system, communities & organisations
8. Develop viable decentralised energy production systems
9. Restore local, regional & global mineral & water cycles
10. Provide value to our collaborators, course participants, clients & community