Check out this amazing course series and instructor line-up happening on both the east and west coast this fall.
Carbon Farming is a hot topic bringing together quite an all-star permie team. The technologies being presented in this course could truly transform agriculture, land management, food production, and economic hardship and more while addressing and providing proactive solutions to climate change and other challenges at the same time.
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- Living Mandala
Hands-on Training for Ecological and Economic Resilience
http://LivingMandala.com/Living_Mandala/Carbon_Farming_Series_Bioregional_Congress.html
CARBON FARMING SERIES EAST
Broadacre Permaculture and Holistic Management for Carbon Negative Agriculture
Exploring Soil, Water, Carbon, Energy & the Economy
Darren Doherty - Elaine Ingham - Eric Toensmeier
Brad Lancaster - Kirk Gadzia - Joel Salatin
Hosted by the Ecovillage Training Center at The Farm, Summertown, TN
Visit http://LivingMandala.com/Living_Mandala/Carbon_Farming_09.html for more information
CARBON FARMING SERIES WEST
Building Resiliency: Managing Land to Conserve Soil, Water, and Energy
Exploring Soil, Water, Carbon, Energy & the Economy
Darren Doherty - Kirk Gadzia - Terry Gompert - Elaine Ingham
Paul Taylor - Brad Lancaster - Brock Dolman - Penny Livingston - Joel Salatin
Hosted by the Regenerative Design Institute, Bolinas,CA
Visit http://www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/carbon-farming for more information
TOPICS COVERED
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
DESCRIPTION
The 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.