Small Farms Success Soils Workshop

Pocket City Farms in partnership with Young Farmers Connect and support from the NAB Foundation Community Grants

Date: Friday May 20th, 8.30am to 5pm. Morning tea provided.

REGISTRATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY MAY 5TH to allow time for participants to have a soil test completed prior to the workshop.

Address: Pocket City Farms, 31A Mallett St, Camperdown NSW 2050

Country: We acknowledge that this land area traditionally belonged to the Gadigal and Wangal peoples of the Eora nation.

Cost: $0 (YFC Members) and $50 (Non-YFC members) (In the case of financial hardship, if you would like to attend please contact Trish at sydney@youngfarmersconnect.com to apply for a fee waiver) Ticket options for additional YFC donation, magazine and/or membership. Maximum 24 people.

"Bruce grew up on a dairy farm so farming is in his blood. He trained in soil microbiology with the Soil Foodweb and soil chemistry and plant nutrition with Neal Kinsey from USA and from that developed the Soilsmith nutrient program. This program has been fine tuned over the past 6 years based on soil and plant response.

Bruce supplied us with a fertiliser calculator of his own design, that doesn’t give a man soil, but teaches a man to soil!"

Roly Poly Farm, Western Australia

Join Young Farmers Connect and Pocket City Farms, as collectively we work towards building soil health, and a supportive farming community in the Sydney region.

This one-day workshop for market gardeners and small-scale farm businesses is designed to develop your skills and knowledge to assess the soil on your farm, plan your production system to maximise productivity, reduce inputs over time and simultaneously build soil health.

You will grow your knowledge of the fundamentals of how soil and plant function including the chemical, physical and biological properties of fertile soil, how to incorporate soil testing into your production system, how to read and interpret soil and reports, and how to then consider and calculate amendments with follow-up support.

Your trainers for the day will be Bruce Davison and Bernard Davidson from Soilsmith (https://www.soilsmith.ag/). This workshop is tailored to individuals that are involved in the decision-making for a farm business. You will obtain the most value from the course if you are able to bring recent soil tests from your farm to the workshop. If you are a new or aspiring farmer, or currently working on a farm but not in a decision-making role, please come along and we will partner you with a farmer for the workshop so you can benefit from learning the process.

All welcome! Limited places are available so please book early.

Getting to Pocket City Farms:

We recommend using public transport as parking can be limited on Mallet Street and nearby and there are 2 hour timing limits.

Bus: Routes 413, 480, 438X, 461X, 440

Train: Nearest stop is Newtown station

Details:

Booking for this event is essential

Event Overview:

Please arrive early for prompt start

8.30am Acknowledgement of Country

Introductions

Workshop with Bruce Davidson - Soilsmith

COVID SAFETY

We look forward to welcoming you to our COVID-Safe event. We have implemented the measures identified in our COVID-safe plan to ensure the safety of all attendees.

All attendees are asked to purchase their tickets online before attending the event.

Please do not attend if you have any symptoms conducive with COVID-19 (e.g. cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue, loss of smell or taste, vomiting, diarrhoea or shortness of breath), or you are a close contact as per NSW Health guidelines.

Please maintain social distancing of 1.5 metres between people/household groups during the event.

A hand sanitisation station and hand washing facilities will be available, please ensure you wash and/or sanitise their hands on arrival, during the event and before lunch as appropriate.

We will continue to monitor advice from NSW Health in the lead up to the event, and continue to adjust our plans as required.