Workshops in Regenerative Agriculture

Dr. Ann Adams facilitates this in-depth introductory course in Holistic Management as a series of experiential activities, focusing on goalsetting and using the Holistic Management testing questions to achieve a “triple bottom line” and live your life sustainably.  This course also covers the Holistic Management framework in the context of decision-making and management, as well [...]

Keyline Farming is an integrated approach to broadscale landscape design and practice, developed from the 1940’s to early 1980’s by the late P.A. Yeomans.  Yeomans’ approach emphasized soil building and innovative water harvesting, with the resultant soils becoming the largest reservoir of water in a landscape. The Keyline of a landscape refers to the contour [...]

As of 1/20/12, this workshop is full. NOTE: Dave Jacke will be teaching two full days (Wed 1/25 & Thu 1/26), so this workshop ends at 5:00pm on Thursday 1/26 instead of the standard 12:30pm. Perennial Agriculture is at the core of Carbon Farming technology.  For nearly two million years, ecosystems of long-lived plants and [...]

Reforestation is a critical strategy to sequester carbon. Climate change science tells us that we cannot sacrifice agricultural land to plant carbon-capturing trees. But perennial farming practices can offer us the best of both worlds, including agroforestry, coppice, rotational grazing, and remarkable staple crops that literally grow on trees.

As of 1/20/12, this workshop is full. The Living Soils workshop with Dr. Elaine Ingham explores the soil food web, compost, and compost tea technology in-depth.  In the Soil Food Webs section of the workshop, Dr. Ingham will present on the biology and chemistry of the soil, soil food web principles and myths, the anatomy [...]

Biochar: Ethical Production for Long-term Carbon Sequestration The Carbon Farming Course’s unique 1-day Biochar Colloquium showcases the powerful and developing soil-building tools of biochar and terra pretta.  Proponents of biochar claim that biochar is carbon-neutral or even carbon-negative, and can increase soil fertility while sequestering carbon in the soil for centuries.  Opponents have stated that [...]

Agriculture is the foundation for a living local economy.  Agriculture is the fundamental process that transforms soil, water, and sunlight into the basic means of survival and economic abundance.  Much of the current global financial system does not understand this basic reality.  However, a small and growing network of farmers, investors, and entrepreneurs is quickly [...]

Local Food to the Rescue! The current societal threats of biosecurity, food borne pathogens, peak energy, and industrial monoculture can all be addressed by vibrant local food movements. But to really be a credible percentage of the global food system, local food must develop six integrated components: Production Processing  Marketing  Accounting  Distribution  Patrons Building a [...]

The Carbon Farming Course in collaboration with the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is pleased to announce a series of evening lectures with top speakers in regenerative agriculture. The evening lectures complement the 3-day and 1-day workshops of the full Carbon Farming Course, and will take place at the Stone Barns Center in [...]