From: Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network <lakinroe@silcom.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] 3-Day Soil Building and Water Management Course, Nov 1-3 Aromas, California, in the Salinas Valley
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:19:16 -0700
Dear Permies,
Here's a chance to further your permaculture
training in a 3-day course with Australian
permaculture master Darren Doherty and the
Regenerative Design Institute's Penny
Livingston-Stark for $100! Funding from the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) is allowing RDI to bring this course to
Salinas Valley growers - and to you as well. The
course will be presented in Spanish and English.
The course covers a series of innovative soil
building and water management techniques
originally developed in Australia, including the
keyline plow, which increases soil health and
moves water across the landscape in a way that is
protective of ecosystems and habitats. These
carbon sequestration techniques can help address
aspects of global warming and climate change
while improving soil health, conserving water,
and even increasing yields. Instruction includes
an overview of the principles as well as hands-on
opportunities in the field to use survey and
design tools, test plowing techniques and design
individualized systems.
The course will be held at the Aromas Grange, in
Aromas, CA (at the corner of Bardue Street and
Rose Avenue in Aromas) and the demonstration site
is ALBA's MMM Ranch in Elkhorn Slough, CA.
The course is sponsored by NOAA National Marine
Sanctuary, ALBA (Agriculture & Land-Based
Training Association), the Regenerative Design
Institute, and NRCS (National Resource
Conservation Service).
[permaculture] 3-Day Soil Building and Water Management Course, Nov 1-3 Aromas, California, in the Salinas Valley,
Wesley Roe and Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, 10/09/2009