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Introduction to Holistic Management with Roots of Resilience
Workshop begins at 8:30am and goes until 4:00pm.
Doors and registration open at 8:00am.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
***Registration is required beforehand***
$75 (Scholarships Available!)
Sales and Registration Cut-Off Date
Thursday July 6th If you have not registered, please do not show up the day-of. There is limited capacity for this workshop.
SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE!
Please send Kellie an email with the following:
Name, address, email and phone number, a short paragraph stating your interest in this workshop, reason for requesting scholarship, and how you will apply the knowledge gained in the workshop no later than Friday June 30th by 4pm.
kellie.henwood@wsu.edu
ABOUT ROOTS OF RESILIENCE
Formerly Pacific Northwest Center for Holistic Management and part of the Savory Network, Roots of Resilience is part of a global network of organizations created to promote the large-scale restoration of the worlds grasslands. The process we use to make management decisions regarding our land and animals is Holistic Management. Healing the planet is not just about land and livestock. Its also about building capacity and empowering people to make sound decisions that benefit the triple bottom line humans, economics, and the environment now and for future generations. Roots of Resilience, formerly the Pacific Northwest Center for Holistic Management (PNCHM) is the product of the collaborative effort of Managing Change Northwest, the Savory Institute, ranchers, farmers, university and extension educators, as well as other sustainability activists.
Holistic Management is a framework for making decisions that helps us to deal with the complexities of humans, the environment, and finances. It was developed by Allan Savory in the former Rhodesia now Zimbabwe.
Roots of Resilience The Pacific Northwest Center for Holistic Management promotes restoration of the worlds grasslands through Holistic Management. We work to:
1.Heal the land by use of properly managed livestock to sequester carbon, improve watershed health, help farmers/ranchers be more successful and create healthier ecosystems.
2.Provide consulting, offer facilitation services and teach how to create environmental, economic and social benefits
3.Conduct research, facilitate development of sound policies, create market incentives and raise public awareness to promote successful large-scale change
WORKSHOP DETAILS
We will begin with lectures and presentation in the morning with Sandra Matheson, President of Roots of Resilience PNW. After lunch break, we will take a tour and walk at a nearby grazing site for Land Monitoring exercises. Please be prepared to drive to nearby location and/or carpool with other participants. Bathrooms, parking and wheelchair access is available.
Topics presented are:
1) Holistic Planned Grazing - Creating A Holistic Grazing Plan
Participants to learn the fundamentals of how to create a holistic grazing plan. Due to time constraints, participants will not complete a plan, but will walk away with tools to start the process on their farm.
What is covered / learned:
-Learn basic concepts and prepare a grazing plan that puts the animals in the right place at right time for the right reason.
- Learn a planning system that allows you to manage all the variables farmers deal with on a yearly basis (calving, breeding, water issues, hunting seasons, etc.,)
-Pre-plan for drought or other crisis
-Improve forage production, biodiversity and soil health
-Manage the land to capture the maximum rainfall
-Enhance triple bottom-line (People, Profit and Planet)
-How to address livestock, land, conservation, regulation, and social needs in a proactive manner.
2) Holistic Land Planning - Creating An Ideal Holistic Land Plan
The workshop will provide the fundamentals for participants to create their own holistic land plan.
What is covered / learned:
-What is a Holistic Land Plan?
-Why is a Holistic Land Plan important?
-Fundamentals of how to create a Holistic Land Plan
-Take into consideration the land, people, animals and animal behavior
-How to implement a Holistic Land Plan over time
-How Holistic Land Planning integrates with Holistic Financial Planning
3) Ecological Land Monitoring - Monitoring Your Land
Participants will improve their skills at reading the land and will practice some basic ecological monitoring. After the workshop, farmers will be able to perform some monitoring when they return home.
What is covered / learned:
-Learn the importance of yearly Ecological Monitoring
-When to carry out annual Ecological Monitoring
-How to select sites, tools needed and the process of reading the transects
-How to recognize the indicators of ecological health
-How used the results from Ecological Monitoring to diagnose problems and establish trends
ABOUT SANDRA MATHESON, DVM
Sandra is a life-long farmer, educator, filmmaker, author, speaker, and retired veterinarian. She runs a cow/calf operation and grass fed beef and yak business. Sandra participated in the five-year Washington State University IFS Holistic Management Project. She is an Accredited Consultant/Field Professional in Holistic Management and certified Consensus facilitator. Sandra is the President of Roots of Resilience and the North Cascades Meat Producers Cooperative.
Participants will receive access to the seven e-Book series of Grazing, Land Planning and Monitoring!
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LocationSequim Prairie Grange (View)
290 Macleay Rd
Sequim, WA 98382
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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