Nature

Mountain Ridge, along with all business, relies on Nature. Nature enables our food and beverage production and our hospitality experience. It is vital that Nature thrives, so we can thrive too.

“The planet is experiencing a dangerous decline in nature. One million species are threatened with extinction, soils are turning infertile, and water sources are drying up.” (UN Environment Program, 2024)

This is clearly something we can’t let happen, for so many reasons; so we’ve been doing something about it, and now we are scaling.

At Mountain Ridge we are part of the global movement taking practical action to turn the tide and achieve the global goal of “Nature Positive by 2030”.

A Global Goal for Nature – in parallel to the UN Climate Convention’s “net zero” emissions goal – is our guiding light in securing a nature-positive world by 2030.

Over the course of the last seven years we have been continually investing in Nature.

We have regenerated the land at Mountain Ridge, by re-wilding parts, and striving to strike a sustainable balance between contemporary farming and nature. We have witnessed the return of wildlife and have created a thriving and abundant place. We will not stop investing in Nature, rather we are increasing our initiatives and continually innovating to thrive in the Ecological Revolution.

After: We have created nature havens  in the paddock, which we join up to create nature corridors. The paddocks benefit from increased hydration, and there is a net benefit for the farm; win:win. The test worked, and so we scaled this along the whole contour and we continue to regenerate using this method.

After: Two years later the trees have grown up and provide a haven for all sorts of species. The land in front of the trees has better soil moisture, and the grass behind is protected from the evening sun making better pastures. The trench behind is typically wet, and is home to frogs, lizards and snakes; the paddocks are alive!

After: The creek now flows and has a series of pools that provide habitat and water for species. The frogs were the first to come back, bringing their rythm to the paddock. Soon we noticed more and different calls, and then birds, and more insects. We discovered that nature recovers well, partcularly if you give it a helping hand.