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Regenerative Agriculture Workshop Series QLD
Regenerate Agriculture's Soils, Profits and Community
Written by FreeRange Permaculture
Friday, 05 March 2010 14:33
The 2010 Regenerative Agriculture Workshop Series is a new initiative to give Australia better access to world-leaders in Sustainable Agriculture and thinking. FreeRange Permaculture is proud to present the QLD courses of this series. All QLD courses will be held at beautiful Wetherby Station, a sustainable beef cattle station established in 1878. For Regenerative Agriculture workshops in Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and New Zealand, have a look at the national website http://www.ReGenAG.comAll our Regenerative Agriculture workshops are currently pending approval for the FarmReady subsidy, which will make them free for farmers, landholders, indigenous land managers and their families to attend. Book in now to secure your place at www.ReGenAG.com and we will notify you when your course becomes FarmReady accredited.ReGenAG Holistic Management: 16-18 August 2010: Cairns, QLD
Holistic Management® offers farmers a way to make grazing, land management and financial decisions that positively impact land health and productivity. Taught by Kirk Gadzia, legendary HM teacher with 20 years experience teaching the concepts of Holistic Management® worldwide. ReGenAG BioFertile Farms: 1-3 September 2010: Cairns, QLDFarmReady Approved Course ID# FRTC00717Finally, a workshop that de-mystifies soil biology and how to improve it using your own on-farm resources! The practicalities of how to hydrate, enhance and heal your soils by understanding the soil food web plus how to make a range of biologically active Aerated Compost Teas. Taught by Paul Taylor from TrustNature, Australia and Eugenio Gras from COAS, Mexico.ReGenAG Keyline Farming: 25-27 October 2010: Cairns, QLDFarmReady Approved Course ID# FRTC0184Learn how to store water in the landscape using simple, practical methods, grounded in intelligent theory and design with Darren J. Doherty, the worlds most respected Keyline educator + practitioner.ReGenAG Local Farms & Community: 7-8 December 2010: Cairns, QLDJoel Salatin is one of the world’s leading advocates of farming and food re-localisation. A recipient of the Heinz Award for Environmental Leadership, Joel will challenge participants of this course to design and participate in pathways to relocalisation based on his own acclaimed model at Polyface Farms in the USA, and other techniques and directions from the emerging relocalisation movement. Relocalising: Joel Salatin Talks: 6 November 2010: Cairns, QLDJoel Salatin is one of the world’s leading advocates of farming and food relocalisation. A series of public talks where Joel will challenge participants to design and participate in pathways to relocalisation, both as producers and consumers.