Closing the Loop - Enhancing Soil Health
Event description
"Closing the Loop - Enhancing Soil Health"
Nicole Masters, world renowned agricultural ecologist, systems thinker and author, will be in Tasmania to hold a 2 day workshop
1-2 April 2020
Nicole has a formal background in ecology, soil science and organisational learning. Nicole is recognised as a knowledgeable and dynamic speaker on the topic of soil health, and has been providing agricultural consulting and extension services since 2003.
Nicole believes everything comes back to soil. She brings scientific understanding and measurement together, and balances them with intuitive, anecdotal and practical on the ground experience.
With her team of soil coaches at Integrity Soils, Nicole works alongside producers in the US, Canada and Australasia to increase quality food production, biological economies, profitability and deepen the understanding of regenerative agriculture.
The workshop content will include:
- Build resilient, profitable and healthy farming operations
- Minerals, microbes and management. Understand more deeply the need for diverse microbial soil systems and their role in healthy production
- Water,nutrient and carbon cycles
- Teaming with microbes - bacteria, fungi, protozoa and nematodes,
- Biological inputs - closing the input loop
- Reducing input costs while maximising returns and increasing sustainability
- Case studies
- Transitioning to low input regenerative systems
- Reducing the impact of extreme weather events
- Where to start, what actions can be taken right now?
The Tasmanian launch of Nicole's new book "For The Love of Soil - Strategies to Regenerate Our Food Production Systems" will be on the evening of the first day. Here's more details on "For the Love of Soil". Books will be available at the workshop and launch or can be ordered with your ticket. Either collect on the day or have posted out to read prior to the workshop.
There is more information on Nicole's work on her Integrity Soils website
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Testimonials from past workshop attendees:
“Excellent, Nicole Masters for me was awesome!!!! To have someone young and so passionate was inspirational. It’s good to have someone young talking as I’m so used to hearing older people talk (no offence!).”
“Nicole is a dynamic presenter – helped by audience participation made us think and realise that we have much to learn yet;”
“Very good structured introduction to a complex concept for many;”
“FANTASTIC – both very interesting.”
“Came away with a lot of new information. The confidence and knowledge of their delivery was first class.”
“The overall concept of why biological farming works; the penny dropped for me.”
“Good day, I’m glad I went. This presentation has completely changed my future thinking of my farm fertiliser requirements.”