In rural environments he has shown that there are four missing 'keys' to conventional decision making. Holistic Educators and Management works with families in both country and city areas across Australia, helping them to restore profitability, land health and family unity. Training is approved for funding under the inter-governmental Farmbis programs in most states. The Business of Primary Industry People engaged in agriculture, fisheries or forestry are involved in the same business activity, which is the capturing, packaging and selling of sunlight - for a profit, whilst at the same time sustaining their resource base. It provides prosperity for farmers, and is the major renewable wealth which sustains cities.
Agriculture is the key industry of the world.
In agriculture, sunlight becomes of immense value to farmers when it strikes and is absorbed by the green leaves of plants, where it is stored as carbohydrates. These carbohydrates are the food and fibres which sustain all living organisms including humans. Increasing biodiversity tends towards a more stable agriculture, whilst decreasing biodiversity, known as desertification, tends towards higher costs of production and reduced profitability. The mineral cycle is the movement of minerals through plants, animals and other organisms, for the soil to abve the soil surface and back into the soil, where they are available for cyclieng again and again. The speed of the cycle reflects its effectiveness, and speed is determined by the effectiveness of other ecosystem processes.