National Organic Training Skillnet are delighted to confirm that Dr Allen Williams, Gabe Brown, and the Understanding Ag team are returning to Ireland this August for an in-depth, 3-day Regenerative Agriculture Workshop in County Waterford / Wexford.
Taking place across August 8th – 10th (Tuesday – Thursday), participants will learn both in a classroom venue, and in an on-farm practical setting. The classroom sessions will take place in the Tower Hotel, Waterford, while the on-farm sessions will be on the farm managed by Kevin O’Hanlon in nearby New Ross, Co Wexford.
NOTS have heavily funded the course from a full price of more than €600 down to a cost of €375 per person. This includes full hot lunch on each day of the course, bus transfers to and from the hotel and farm. We have also included a full online pass to BioFarm 2023 in the ticket price.
Course Information:
- Dates: Tuesday August 8th – Thursday August 10th, 2023
- Time: 8.30am to 5.00pm each day
- Classroom Venue: Tower Hotel, Waterford (Morning & Early Afternoon Sessions)
- On-Farm Venue: Kevin O’Hanlon (Pollard Farm), New Ross, Co Wexford
- Trainers: Gabe Brown, Dr Allen Williams, & Luke Jones
- Cost: €375 when you sign up through NOTS (€625 without NOTS funding)
- Ticket Includes:
- Lunch, bus travel, and refreshments on each day
- Full Online Pass to BioFarm 2023 Conference
- Accommodation Options: Please note: Accommodation options are to be purchased through NOTS (see options below), We have arranged to block book with the Tower for a B&B + Evening Meal option.
Day 1 – Tuesday August 8th, 8.30am – 5.00pm:
- Soil Health Demonstrations
- The Importance of Aggregates
- Principles, Rules and Processes, in the field
- Monitoring Soil Health, in the field
Day 2 – Wednesday August 9th, 8.30am – 5.00pm:
- Designing Cover Crop Mixes
- Adaptive Grazing
- Adaptive Grazing, in the field
Day 3 – Thursday August 10th, 8.30am – 5.00pm:
- Soil Test Interpretation
- Livestock Integration
- Field Exercises