GROUNDED Live - 2025: Joshua Gilbert & Blythe Calnan - Who’s Minding the Farm?

In this episode of GROUNDED Live, we share another unedited session recorded at GROUNDED Festival 2025, on farm in Bridgetown, Western Australia.

This conversation brings together two thoughtful, sharp and deeply engaged young voices in regenerative agriculture: Josh Gilbert and Blythe Calnan.

Josh Gilbert is a Worimi man from New South Wales — a farmer, author and advocate working at the intersection of Indigenous knowledge, culture and contemporary agriculture. His work asks big questions about identity, stewardship and what it means to care for land in Australia today.

Blythe Calnan may be familiar to some through Muster Dogs and her dog Banksi, but beneath that is a deeply curious thinker engaged with soil health, ecological integrity and regenerative farming systems. Blythe brings insight, honesty and a willingness to sit with complexity.

This session took place at the end of Day One at GROUNDED 2025, when minds were full and energy was high. Rather than close with a tidy answer, we invited Josh and Blythe to throw a few big ideas into the air and see where they landed — asking one central question: Who’s minding the farm?

The result is an open, reflective and sometimes challenging conversation about responsibility, succession, culture, care and the future of farming — told through the lens of the next generation.

Settle in and enjoy this session with Josh Gilbert and Blythe Calnan on GROUNDED Live.

GROUNDED Festival is a cross between a food festival, a farming conference and a field day. It combines science and technology with ancient wisdom, 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.

GROUNDED is also Australia's only annual, roaming food and farming festival, held in a different farm location every year, so each festival is a unique, unmissable event celebrating local expertise and culture with an inspiring line up of speakers.

In 2026, with the support of the local Upper Barwon and Central Otway Landcare Networks, following successful festivals in Tasmania and Western Australia, GROUNDED FESTIVAL will be held at leading regenerative farm, Yan Yan Gurt West, in the Victorian Otway Ranges, two hours from Melbourne in an area renowned for regenerative agroforestry, tourism, local hospitality and great food and wine.

Tickets are on sale now - head to the GROUNDED website for information on speakers, the location, and to secure your spot today.