Regenerating Soil Life and Health with Nicole Masters
Workshop
Greenwood, September 26 & 27
Nicole Masters of Integrity Soils, New Zealand, gave a two-day workshop at Waikikahei Ranch on soil health and regenerative agriculture. Topics included soil management, enhancing soil biology to increase productivity, water management, grazing and compost systems.
Resources:
KBFA workshop summary of key points
Power point presentation by Nicole Masters
Vermiculture production tips for farm-scale worm composting
Soil health workshop handout
“Effective Microorganism“ recipe (lactic acid bacteria serum)
Pat Coleby’s Mineral Mix recipe
Transition stages towards a regenerative land system
Archived Event Details:
Date: Thursday, September 26 and Friday, September 27, 2019
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (lunch included)
Location: Waikikahei Ranch, 11949 Highway 3, Greenwood
Forages and Fall Grazing
Field Tours
Grand Forks, September 25
Greenwood, September 26
Complementing the workshop, two field tours to Boundary area farms looked at innovative approaches to cover crops, forages, and grazing:
Devin Chursinoff of Pa-Van Ranch ran a series of test plots under centre-pivot irrigation to trial mixes of turnips, radishes, brassicas, millet and clovers to rejuvenate a pasture and increase soil carbon.
Eric Moes of Little Fork Ranch gave a farm tour to show early results of fields planted with a ‘conservation seeder‘, and the use of portable electric fencing to rotate sheep, pigs, cattle, and poultry.
Field Tour: Grazing, Forages and Centre-pivot Irrigation
Date: Wednesday, September 25
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Pa-Van Ranch, 12800 N Fork Rd, Grand Forks
Field Tour: Grazing, Forages and Multi-Species Ranching
Date: Thursday, September 26
Time: 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Little Fork Ranch, 2325 Boundary Creek Road, Greenwood
