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Regenerative ag course set for St. Francis
ST. FRANCIS, Kan. -- Callicrate Cattle Co., of St. Francis will host a worldwide leader in regenerative agriculture for an in-depth 10-day training and design course for farmers, gardeners, landscapers and anyone interested in creating a healthy, resilient environment.
Those interested in the David Doherty workshop can sign up to spend a day, or commit to the full ten-day intensive workshop. The course will run daily from Tuesday, March 22 through Thursday, March 31. Full registration is $1,395; the day rate is $140. Meals and camping are included with registration.
Each day will cover a different topic, ranging from climatic and geographic considerations, to fencing and building structures, to economic development.
Conducting the course will be Australian environmental design expert Darren J. Doherty, who coined the term "regenerative agriculture" in 2013 to describe the detailed and intentional process of restoring, rehabilitating and rebooting rural and urban landscapes based on an expansive toolbox of environmentally sustainable practices.
Doherty's recommendations typically include approaches like re-directing waterways, re-establishing native trees and pastures, integrating cover crops and planning appropriate livestock grazing systems.
Doherty describes the ten-day program as his marquee training event, designed to cover all aspects of regenerative land management. A unique highlight is that the training is conducted on a real working farm -- in this case, Callicrate Cattle Co. of rural St. Francis -- and includes having the landowners and managers study their options and make real-world decisions about how to apply them.
Doherty is a fifth generation farmer from Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, who has more than 20 years of extensive experience worldwide in land management and project design. He is also a well-respected speaker and author. During his career, he has developed nearly 2,000 design projects in close to 50 countries on five continents.
A detailed schedule is available on-line at nobull.mikecallicrate.com/2016/01/22/rex10. Registration can be made on-line at regrarians.org/product/rex2kansas. Or call (719) 473-2306 or e-mail info@CallicrateCattleCo.com for more info or daily sign-ups.
Here is a schedule of the topics to be covered:
March 22 (day 1) - Climate
March 23 (day 2) - Geography
March 24 (day 3) - Water
March 25 (day 4) - Access
March 26 (day 5) - Forestry
March 27 (day 6) - Buildings
March 28 (day 7) - Fencing
March 29 (day 8) - Soils
March 30 (day 9) - Economy
March 31 (day 10) -- Energy