Broadacre Permaculture and Holistic Management for Carbon Negative Agriculture

Hosted by the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm, Summertown, TN

August 25 – September 16, 2009

HOLISTIC DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WATER HARVESTING; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; MYCOFILTRATION; MYCOREMEDIATION; ECOLOGICAL PEST MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROBIAL ANALYSIS; DROUGHT-PROOFING; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; INTEGRATED LIVESTOCK SYSTEMS; SOIL REHABILITATION; EROSION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVE WINDBREAKS; FIRE CONTROL; ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT MODELS; GIS/CAD DESIGN; ADVANCED PERMACULTURE DESIGN; KEYLINE DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION; FOOD FOREST GARDENING; ECONOMIC LOCALIZATION

The Tennessee Carbon Farming Course Series will launch the nation’s first holistic curriculum for carbon negative agriculture, and will be the first event in a national campaign to spread this cutting edge curriculum throughout the United States. Taught by leading global experts in sustainable agriculture and carbon sequestration, this professional training course will encompass all of the design elements needed to create a carbon sequestering agricultural system—returning carbon to the soil while increasing food production.

The audience for the upcoming Holistic Carbon Farming Course Series will include farmers, permaculturists, biologists, policy makers, grounds keepers, land-owners etc. interested in regenerating thriving local ecosystems throughout the world.

These courses are in direct response to the current challenges experienced by producers & communities across the globe by a variety of climatic, agronomic & economic conditions. Studies have shown that permaculture-inspired soil building techniques lead to signficant carbon sequestration, while also increasing soil fertility and water retention. This course will provide participants with an opportunity to learn these techniques in order to create resilient, drought proof, soil-rich, carbon-negative agricultural systems that produce organic food as well as additional income through the international carbon market.

The Ecovillage Training Center at the Farm offers an amazing opportunity to experience permaculture in action; the Farm's 1,700 acres will undergo a massive keyline design and implementation during and after the course to help drought proof the community and prepare for future production.

Format

This course will be offered through four interrelated modules constituting the nation’s first holistic curriculum for carbon negative agriculture.  Participants can choose to attend the entire course, individual modules or combined selections. (Read more details online at http://LivingMandala.com/Living_Mandala/Carbon_Farming_09.html )
Module 1: 8/25-30 Holistic Management® Training with Kirk Gadzia, Resource Management Services, LLC
Holistic Management applies systems thinking approach to managing land resources that builds biodiversity, improves production, generates financial strength, and improves the quality of life for those who use it.  The whole system design integrates financial planing and land use to create profitable and sustainable agricultural systems.
Module 2: 9/1-6 Keyline Design with Darren Doherty, Permaculture.biz
Keyline Design is a corner stone of landscape regeneration, soil building and water retention.  It is applicable in all climates and provides an holistic framework for integrating soil building, animal management and watershed health and agroforestry.
Module 3:  9 /8-12 Earthworks and Food Forestry with Brad Lancaster, Desert Harvesters and Eric Toensmeier, Co-Author of Edible Food Gardens
This module focuses on landscape regeneration using permaculture design to hold water in the landscape, and create integrated ecosystems that provide food, fuel and fiber while increasing biodiversity and resilience.  Together, Earthworks and Food forestry provide key building blocks for local food and water security as well as climate change mitigation and carbon sequestration.
Module 4: 9/13-16 Soil Food Webs and Relocalization with Dr. Elaine Ingham, Soil Food Web Inc. and Joel Salatin, Polyface Inc.
Improving soil health and community health go hand in hand to creating resilient local food systems that reinforce biodiversity.

Tuition & Referrals

Tuition includes instruction, lodging, and 3 delicious meals per day. Participants can register for the entire intensive, individual, or combined sessions. The tuition costs for individual and combined modules are below.

Holistic Carbon Farming - All modules: 8/25-9/16: $3,500

Individual Modules

Module 1: Holistic Management® 8/25-30 - $1,150
Module 2: Keyline Design 9/1-6 - $1,150
Module 3: Earthworks and Food Forestry 9 /8-11 - $800
Module 4: Soil Food Webs and Relocalization 9/13-16 -$1,400

Combined Selections

Combination 1: Holistic Soil Management: Modules 1 & 2 - $2,000
Combination 2: Broadacre Permaculture Design: Modules 2 & 3 - $1,700
Combination 3: Regenerative Local Agriculture: Modules 3 & 4 - $2,000

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