Regenerative Farming Workshop

Description

Reserve your spot for a one-day workshop offering a hands-on immersion in regenerative farming practices, including: -forest gardening -orchard management -ecological vegetation management with goats -building healthy topsoil -beekeeping -no-till gardening -hugelkultur gardening -agritourism -poultry management -wild mushroom foraging -herbal wildcrafting This eight hour workshop starts with a tour of Apple Acres Farm, a small-scale, solar powered farm. The tour will explore our market (hugelkultur) gardens, solar panels, chicken cook, duck house, mushroom garden, goat barn, silvopasture, apiary, and fruit orchards. The workshop will be split into three parts, with a break for lunch as well as an afternoon break of hiking with goats to experience ecological vegetation management in action. Part 1: Big Picture – building healthy topsoil, master planning, climate-proofing, integrating functions, annual and perennial production, and working with wildlife. Part 2: Animals + Systems – harnessing natural animal behavior, poultry keeping, beekeeping, biodiversity and native pollinators, cycling nutrients, no-till practices, permaculture design Part 3: Hands-on Skills – wildcrafting, scything, soil block seed starting/transplanting, plant propagation via cuttings Lunch is provided with each workshop registration.