A one-day course on the management of your arable or mixed farming operation using the soil health principles.
Course Outcomes
- Reviewing and analysing your successes/failures in the season
- Finding more ways soil health principles in your management operations
- Use amendments & foliar nutrients to enhance plant performance/photosynthesis
- Design a composting system for your operation
Content
- Plant nutrition & plant health
- Monitoring plant health: Brix testing, sap pH
- Soil nutrient balancing, amendments, and mineral applications
- Foliar nutrition for plant health
- Selecting & using lab testing: soil minerals, base saturation
- Building soil organic matter, foliar/sap analysis
- Composting systems & upcycling manure resources – applied theory
- Review of your season so far (rotation etc) - feedback from group and tutor
- Data gathering & monitoring review (Soilmentor etc)
Who is this course for?
- Arable growers, farm hands
- Graziers, shepherds
- Farm managers
What you take away from the course
Course Schedule
- Morning – theory, classroom
- Afternoon (2x cohorts, grazing and arable)
- Brix testing practical, soil assessment, compost/manure demo/discussion
- Prep – set out plots for Brix practical
Resources Required
- Nutrient materials (selection of, soluble)
- Muck heap, compost area, biomass
Ticket price includes refreshments and a nutritious and seasonal lunch at FarmED.
Who's this course for?
This course is designed for arable and livestock farmers but is also suitable for landowners, estate managers, farm advisors and ecologists. To gain the most benefit from the course it is recommended that you have access to land on which you can practice the lessons learned during the course.
It is recommended that you complete this course before signing up for the other Regenerative Soil Health Courses with Niels Corfield at FarmED (see events page for more details).
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About Niels Corfield
Niels Corfield has been working to deliver truly sustainable food and farming systems for more than 15 years. He is an independent adviser and trainer. He has 12 years’ experience in adult education and is formally trained in Holistic Management and Regenerative Agriculture Design. On a mission to create regenerative landscapes and farms in the UK and Europe, Niels focuses on agroecological systems that are low maintenance yet productive.
"The course was truly inspirational...I feel it's only the beginning" - Natasha, participant on Fundamentals of Regenerative Soil Health course 2021.
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Ticket Prices
Tickets include refreshments and a seasonal lunch from the FarmED Kitchen.
Delivery of our mission is a collective effort and our values embrace inclusivity and diversity. We don’t want price to be a barrier to anyone visiting FarmED or attending our events. Read more about our tiered pricing policy here.
If cost is a barrier to you attending, then please do ask us for financial support. The FarmED Bursary offers free or subsidised places to those that will benefit most.
GREAT Farmers
As part of the GREAT project (see www.greatglos.co.uk) we can offer subsidised places to existing and aspiring farmers, growers and advisers in Gloucestershire to the suite of regenerative agriculture and agroecological transition courses at FarmED. To book, please select the GREAT ticket option below. You will be asked for a few eligibility details including evidence of your involvement in regenerative agriculture and your potential impact in Gloucestershire.
PFLA Members
Special offer - 10% discount for members of the Pasture Fed Livestock Association - please email us for a code.
https://www.farm-ed.co.uk/event-details/regenerative-farming-soil-crop-health.
