[Scpg] Free Talk/Keyline Design & Sustainable Agriculture with Darren Doherty, SLO

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Hi Everyone, just to avoid any confusion, the Workshop with Darren Doherty in
San Luis Obispo has been CANCELLED due to lack of sign ups, but the Free Talk
will happen on Thursday evening, May 3, at Cal Poly University, hope to see
you
there!

Keyline Design & Sustainable Agriculture
with Darren Doherty from Australia
Free Talk * Thurs May 3, 7pm
Cal Poly University San Luis Obispo, Building 8, Room 123


        Keyline Design a design system that restores and regenerates
landscapes,
applicable to both rural and urban areas. It is a unique combination of water
conservation and soil building, with great appeal to both farmers and
ranchers,
as it has the ability to build and regenerate degraded soils rapidly, and sees
the use of grazing animals as beneficial to this process. Water harvesting
strategies employed by Keyline Design provide drought-proofing for farms.
Based
on th work of P.A Yeomans and his book Water For Every Farm, A Keyline
Plan, an
important work describing a set of principles and techniques based on a
holistic approach that works with natural patterns to restore and increase the
depth and fertility of the soil, while increasing its water holding
capabilities, using a special cultivation technique using the Keyline plow, to
infiltrate water into the soil efficiently and hold it on the land as long as
possible.   The term Keyline comes from the reference to a “keypoint” on the
watershed, which is the interface between collection and distribution of water
on the landscape, where ridge meets the valley.  Keyline is a philosophy and
technique that doesn’t pit the needs of farmers against environmentalists
trying to protect wildlife and fish habitat, and with carbon sequestering
techniques used, helps to address aspects of global warming and climate
change.

        Darren Doherty is an Australian Keyline Designer, Developer & Manager
and Australian Approved Keyline Design™ Farm Planning Consultant, .  He has
designed and developed over 1100 properties across four continents working
most
recently in Vietnam, on land projects for Mars Inc, owners of Seeds of Change.
His remaining time is spent managing a working research & demonstration
farm in
Southern Victoria, Australia.

        The event takes place on May 3 Thurs , 7-9m pm, Cal Poly University
San
Luis Obispo Building 8, Room 123  (This is in the 'BRAE' Ag Engineering Bldg.)
Located on N. Perimeter Drive next to the police station (just up the hill
from
the main library) Visitors must purchase a parking permit ($4 at entrance) Map
of campus can be found at: 
<http://www.calpoly.edu/cpmaps/>http://www.calpoly.edu/cpmaps/ The event is
free, no reservations are required.  
        

Event sponsors are Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Yeomans Plow Company,
Nutiva Foods, Quail Springs Permaculture Farm, Orella Ranch, Earthflow Design
Works, Island Seed & Feed Nursery and Sustainable Agriculture Resource
Consortium (SARC). For more information, visit Upcoming Events at
www.sbpermaculture.org, or email  margie at sbpermaculture.org, phone, (805)
962-2571. SLO contact for Lecture,  SARC "Hunter Francis"
<wfrancis at calpoly.edu>  805756-5086 


Keyline Design Workshops in California:  
May 4, Fri, One Day Keyline Design Workshop, San Luis Obispo, CA, CANCELLED NO
SIGN-UPS. 

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie at sbpermaculture.com
www.sbpermaculture.org

"We are like trees, we must create new leaves, in new directions, in order to
grow." - Anonymous

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