Join Kirk Gadzia (USA), of Resource Management Services &
Ben Falloon (AUS) of Taranaki Farm for the very first Regenerative Agriculture Practicum (RAP) on-farm intensive grazing workshop. November 14-15th, Victoria Australia.

This HANDS ON & PRACTICAL, field focused 2-day workshop that will give you the skills and understanding necessary to get started quickly and successfully with management focused, mob stocking, time controlled grazing for natural pasture improvement and what Joel Salatin calls, “mob-stocking herbivorous solar conversion lignified carbon sequestration fertilisation!”

Venue	Taranaki Farm
Where	North Central Victoria [ 65km from Melbourne along Calder Fwy See map details further down this page ]
When	14th – 15th NOVEMBER 2011 2 Days

Discover through hands-on participation how you can better manage your grazing animals to boost your productivity, increase fertility and stocking rates, buffer yourself against drought improve your farm.

Places strictly limited. Come prepared, roll up your sleeves, bring suitable clothing and be prepared to get dirt under your nails over TWO FULL DAYS in the paddock on Taranaki Farm (Home of the Australian Polyface Project) where we practice high density mob stocking. See for yourself the remarkable effects of good grazing management. This is an intensive, practical workshop intended for anybody who wants to build their physical skill set.

We will be going into detail on grazing planning, forage calculations, stock days per acre/hectare, stocking densities, brix measurements, pasture recovery times, fencing do’s & don’ts, trough watering and reticulation systems and a lot more all with very grounded practical experience based advice. Time permitting we will also visit a second property with similar management which is achieving outstanding results with bare bones infrastructure.

The goal of this workshop is to deliver practical skills and down to earth advice for you to get started right away.

Bonus : Tamara Gadzia of the Quivira Coalition will give a bonus introduction on Land Literacy and Reading the Landscape plus present a short time-lapse recording of an erosion repair project based on the work of Bill Zeedyk and performed on Taranaki Farm (workshop venue). This presentation will feature a site on-farm that we’ve repaired so that you can visit and see for yourself the benefits of this work.