[Scpg] Please post: A 3-Day Biodynamic Workshop in Ojai

[Patty Pagaling]

*Transition to Organics presents...*

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**A 3-Day Biodynamic Workshop in Ojai **Bringing Biodynamics Down to Earth
...*

*from Cosmos to Compost*

Friday July 27th, Saturday July 28th & Sunday July 29th, 2012



Biodynamic farming is a powerful and proven system of farming organically.
Utilized heavily around the world, in North America farmers have yet to
take full advantage of this elegant natural system.


California biodynamic farmer and educator Gena Nonini will teach how to
implement biodynamic practices in a commercial-scale farming enterprise,
small urban farm, and all facets of landscaping A basis in theory followed
by a lot of practical knowledge will enable you to put biodynamic practices
to work on your farm, in your yard, at your hotel, golf course or container
gardens.


*Workshop Price: $275. *(Group discount available.)

Please call to reserve your spot: 805-646-4294.

Space is limited to 50 people.


Please send your tax-deductible donation, check payable to:

CRA (Center For Regenerative Agriculture),

with notation: Biodynamic Workshop.

Mail check to Transition to Organics,

1129 Maricopa Hwy, PMB 190, Ojai, CA 93023.


Proceeds go to "*Transitions to Organics*", a non-profit dedicated to
helping our planet heal herself!

Website: www.transition-to-organics.org <http://www.sustainableojai.org>


 *Day 1, July 27th - Biodynamic Agriculture: Background and History  *A
deeper look at the role of 'natural' law as defined by science vs. "cosmic"
law as defined by the works of Goethe and Steiner. Intensive full day with
lunch and dinner break. Lunch included.

*Day 2, July 28th - Practical Applied Biodynamics* (with part of the day on
a biodynamic orchard).  Paradigm Shift in Thinking: The fundamental shift
in thinking required for biodynamic practice. The role of fertility in
relation to composting, cover cropping, soil structure and humus formation
and the integration of biodynamic practices.



Class ends with a *screening of the film "How To Save The World One Cow,
One Man, One Planet" at the Ojai Theater, 4pm.*



*6:30pm:  Evening Farm To Table Dinner at the transitioning
orchard.*(additional price: $125.  Group rate available.) Please
join Ojai's very own Private Chef Robin for an amazing evening of great
food, great talk, new and old friends, in the citrus orchard under Ojai's
pink sky.


(Both the movie and dinner can be attended separately from the workshop.)



*Day 3, July 29th - Bringing biodynamics into the landscape arena.* All
aspects of BD principles, preps and applications will be covered in this
wonderful morning focusing on landscaping and backyard food gardens.



*ABOUT OUR INSTRUCTOR*

Gena Nonini is the owner of Marian Farms and a master distiller. She
studied Agriculture Business Management at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo,
California and did her graduate work in Agribusiness at Arizona State
University in Tempe, Arizona. Gena is sought after as an accomplished
biodynamic farmer and teacher throughout the United States and Canada. She
serves on a number of boards and offers private consulting services as
well. Nonini is the president of the board of the Josephine Porter
Institute for Applied Biodynamics and president of the board of the
Biodynamic Trade Association.



Marian Farms was the first certified Demeter Biodynamic vineyard in the
Americas in 1995. In addition to the vineyard, Marian Farms was the first
citrus, almond and distillery operation in the Americas to be
Demeter-certified. Today, Marian Farms is a 100+ acre, horticultural
diversified farm with a 5,000 square foot distillery and CSA operation.
http://www.marianfarmsbiodynamic.com/

Transition to Organics (TTO) is a non-profit organization whose focus is to
support the Earth by working with Nature.  We are committed to inspiring
and educating land stewards, offering workshops, conferences and hands-on
advice about how to build self-nourishing systems which create happy,
healthy farms, gardens and communities.


-- 
*Patty Pagaling*
*Executive Director*
*Transition to Organics*
*ph: 805-646-4294*
*www.transition-to-organics.org*
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