Meet Richard Perkins in Alnarp on the 12th of December!
Regenerative Agriculture - a farmer putting theory into practice.
Garnering more than 15 million views on his blog, having over 150,000 followers on Instagram and 170,000 subscribers on Youtube, and teaching thousands through his live trainings and online courses, Richard Perkins has inspired farmers all over the globe with his pragmatic no-nonsense approach to profitable system design.
A recognised leader in the field of regenerative agriculture, he is the owner of Europe’s foremost example, Ridgedale Farm, and the author of the widely acclaimed manual Regenerative Agriculture.
He has worked professionally in every major climate zone across several continents consulting to projects, farms and industry and is now focused on educating a new generation of farmers who want to restore soils and feed their local communities whilst making a good living from it.
When: 12th of December 09:00-15:00 (Doors open at 08:30 – we start at 09:00 sharp)
Where: Aulan in Alnarpsgården, Sundsvägen 6, Alnarp, Lomma
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Program:
Session 1: 09:15 – 10:35
-What is Regenerative Agriculture?
-Human scale farming
-Soil, Carbon and Water
-Complex Vs Complicated systems
-Exponential growth and decay
-Ecosystem processes
Here we will look at the basic tenets of Regenerative Agriculture, which runs counter to the trajectory of industrial ag, and aims to put the nobility back into rural stewardship. We will break down each of these tenets to explore key insights into soil, carbon and water which must dictate how we farm if we wish to sustain production in the long term in an economically, ecologically and socially sound way. We will explore key ecosystem processes that we must harness to our advantage to avoid constantly fighting symptoms, as we do in so many areas of our lives.
20 min break: 10:35 – 10:55
Free fika from Plantkafeet, kombucha from Roots of Malmö and …
Session 2: 10:55 – 12:15
-The Scale of Permanence
-Topography and farm design
-Keyline and agroforestry
The Scale of Permanence is the ordering framework with which Richard approaches farm design; an elegant and holistic way of prioritizing the importance of different elements in the landscape from the earliest developed ecological design framework. We will understand the direct relationship between topography and water, the limiting factor for all production, and how to design energy efficient farms (and even urban areas) that harness gravity. By understanding ecosystem processes and topography we design landscapes that look very different from the typical farms we are used to seeing, and explore the layered benefits.
Lunch break 12:15 – 13:15
Unfortunately, no lunch included!
Session 3: 13:15 – 15:00
-Direct sales through relationship marketing
-Modular, scalable and replicable enterprises
Relationship marketing is not only the basis of food-security for local communities in human-scale agricultures, but allows the farmer to have control of their business and see fair returns for their hard work. We shall explore the modalities and innovations for entrepreneurial farmers in this regard, explore various enterprises and dive into numbers and economy to see how they stack up.