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Peter Andrews is an Australian race horse breeder and grazier from Bylong in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales.
Agricultural pioneer
He is the inventor of the Natural Sequence Farming method. He is acknowledged as having converted his degraded high-salinity land at Tarwyn Park into a fertile, drought-resistant estate. His techniques run counter to prevailing accepted practices. Peter Andrews is also the author of a best selling book on his methods, entitled Back from the Brink: How Australia's Landscape can be Saved.
Controversy
For 30 years his techniques were rejected by government authorities. However, in recent years others have reproduced his methodology bringing transformation to their lands, and raising the interest of authorities such as CSIRO. Amongst his supporters are retailer Gerry Harvey and Australian Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson.