Come learn how to design for healthier land, more prosperity, and the time to enjoy it.
This workshop is grounded in the principles and processes of Permaculture Design and Holistic Management. Over the course of 3 days, participants will be lead through a series of hands on exercises that will focus on how to create an integrated farm design from scratch, or how to successfully diversify your existing operation. At the end of the course participants will have the opportunity of creating a management club to continue to learn and grow together as a community.
Registration includes daily lunch/refreshments and a whole farm planning resource planning package including a laminated map of your farm/acreage.
Workshop Outline
Day One:
Review of Holistic Management
8 Forms of Capital
Analytical Decision Testing Questions
Special Event: Young Agrarians Social
Share stories and swap ideas with your fellow agrarians. Young Agrarians is a network for new and young ecological and organic farmers, but whether you are 3 or 83, please join us!
Day Two:
12 Directives of Permaculture Design
Creating Cycles in Time and Space
Principles of Integration
Identity Existing Opportunities
Community/Market Analysis
Day Three:
Whole Farm Design Process
Farm Enterprise Diversification
On Farm Risk Management
Set Up A Management Group
Time: 9:00AM-4:00PM
Instructor: Takota Coen
Location: Webster Hall, North of Sexsmith Alberta
Cost: Partner Pricing: $200 or Single Registrant: $150 (Lunch & refreshments included)
Registration, location, accommodation and more details at http://www.grassrootsfamilyfarm.ca/store/p37/Whole_Farm_Design.html
