Restoration Agriculture & Farm Scale Permaculture Workshop with Mark Shepard
Hosted by Orella Ranch on the Gaviota Coast / Santa Barbara County
Date: October 30 - November 1, 2015. Friday 4pm through Sunday 5pm.
Restoration Agriculture offers vibrant, productive, real-world alternatives to save water and restore our soils. Spend three days with Mark Shepard, at Orella Ranch on the Gaviota Coast learning the ins and outs of Restoration Agriculture for resilience in times of flood or drought.
Mark Shepard is the acclaimed author of Restoration Agriculture, a guide to perennial ecosystem agriculture. He is the CEO of Forest Agriculture Enterprises, and runs New Forest Farm, the 106-acre perennial agricultural forest considered by many to be one of the most ambitious sustainable agriculture projects in the United States. Mark Shepard's work at New Forest Farm is included in the feature length documentary film INHABIT.
- Full immersion in the theory and practice of Restoration Agriculture
- Biome identification and ecology
- Keyline design, earthworks, and water management
- Perennial crop establishment, maintenance, and breeding
- Pruning, coppicing, and grafting
- Integrated multi-species grazing
- Renewable energy on the farm
- Restoration Agriculture economics
Workshop Fee includes camping and food
Early Bird spaces are filled!
Workshop Fee ~ $550
Pair discount: $40 off your combined total.
Ask us about group discounts for 3 or more.