Are you ready for more profit, peace of mind, healthier animals, and more resilient landscapes? You don’t have to figure out how to make that change alone.
Our 1-on-1 Training Program is the best way to take a deeper dive into Holistic Management. Program participants are paired with a Certified Educator Mentor who will work with you to tailor the training to meet your individual and operational needs. We offer all our training modules in the 1-1 format so you can mix and match what topics are most useful to you. The training begins whenever you sign up so you can be sure to create a learning schedule that works best for you. Below you will find a more information about the modules as well as the format for this program. If you have any questions or would like more information, please reach out to Programs Manager, Marie von Ancken ([email protected])
$3150 for 5 courses, bonus items, and learning materials. The full package offers a Grazing or a Cropping option. Scholarships are available. $700 per each individual module, includes 15 hours with an HMI Certified Educator.
Holistic Management® Foundation
Learn how to more effectively manage your farm or ranch for the triple bottom line (social, environmental, and financial sustainability). Improve your ability to observe and understand relationships on your operation. Make decisions and monitor results to avoid unintended consequences and reach your goals more quickly with fewer resources.
TOPICS
►Eight principles and practices for effective resource management
►Developing a management inventory for better management of assets
►Goal setting for effective decision-making, planning, and management
►Four ecosystem processes & how to work with them
►Seven testing questions for prioritizing actions
►Tool basics & their influence on ecosystem processes
OUTCOMES
►You’ll develop a whole farm/ranch (holistic) goal which clearly articulates the vision for your farm/ranch, the organizational structure, and the resources available
►Incorporate a triple bottom line analysis filter to help you make decisions more effectively (particularly in a group setting or where there are conflicts around key issues)
►Learn the principles of how nature functions and understand how tools affect ecosystem health
Financial Planning*
Learn how to work on your business, not just in your business. This step-by-step financial planning approach will help you understand the big picture view, plan for profit, control costs, and make critical production decisions based on a clear analysis of your different enterprises. You will develop a financial plan for improved financial decisions on both annual budgets and long-term investments.
TOPICS
►Understanding the difference between financial planning, managing, and accounting and who is responsible for these activities on your management team
►Benefits of a holistic, value-based approach to finances
►Using your whole farm or ranch goal to improve your financial decision-making
►Prioritizing expenses to increase your farm/ranch investment strategies
►Planning for profit
►Improving profitability with enterprise analysis
►Analyzing net worth and tracking progress
►Writing plans to maximize profitability
►Increasing creativity in planning and marketing for more profit
OUTCOMES
►Develop a financial plan which will consist of a yearly budget
►Determine current net worth and projected net worth at year-end to analyze the effectiveness of financial investments
►Develop enterprise analysis for each enterprise (up to 3 enterprises) to move from a production focus to a profit focus
►Be able to analyze expenses and investment allocation strategies so you can better determine the return on investment (up to 3 investments)
►Be able to analyze livestock production strategies and ramifications on financial planning (for those working with livestock)
Grazing Planning
Learn the key grazing planning principles and practices for improving land and soil health and animal productivity. Understand the relationships between forage and livestock, how to better monitor livestock health, and how to address critical grazing considerations. Learn how to determine available forage, monitor livestock health, and create a step-by-step grazing plan that allows sufficient range recovery and promotes long-term productivity.
TOPICS
►How to address key management considerations
►Identification & mapping of grazing areas for effective management of forage
►Regenerative grazing principles
►How to determine animal carrying capacity and herd makeup
►Plant recovery periods and grazing periods
►Approaches to written grazing planning to maximize productivity and profitability ►Implementing and monitoring a grazing plan for success
►Feed needs for grazing and non-grazing periods
►Developing grazing plans that work with nature
►Basics of using animal behavior to improve grazing management
OUTCOMES
►You’ll develop a grazing plan which will consist of a grazing map and grazing chart that identifies key management issues, estimated forage production, actual forage utilization, and livestock moves to maximize forage production and animal performance
►Explore issues around grazing and recovery periods
►Discuss options for grazing implementation and how they influence infrastructure development and animal performance
Choose between Grazing Planning or Cropping Planning
Cropping Planning
Learn how to effectively manage your cropland to increase soil fertility and resilience as well as increase profitability. Learn the latest regenerative cropping practices and a step-by-step planning process to improve crop health and production in the context of regenerative and conservation agriculture.
TOPICS
►Soil fertility building principles and practices
►How to integrate livestock into cropping practices
►How to identify crop management issues and address them profitably
►Understanding how key practices like cover crops, polyseeding, permaculture, interplanting, and perennial crops can work together to create resilient and profitable landscapes
OUTCOMES
►Create a crop plan that addresses both cash crops and ecosystem strategies
►Create a field map for ease of management
►Prioritize management decisions to integrate ecosystem strategies with cash crops
►Develop a crop sequence
►Learn how to implement crop plans and address crop management issues
►Learn how to integrate crop plan with financial plan
Choose between Grazing Planning or Cropping Planning
Marketing / Business Planning
Learn key business model and planning concepts while exploring pricing, marketing channels, opportunities, and challenges. Create your own business plan while determining viable markets for your farm or ranch.
TOPICS
►Key business model and planning concepts
►Exploring marketing channels and opportunities and challenges of each channel
►The importance of market research for developing a marketing plan
►Pricing and promotion
►Understanding your competition
►Resources for business planning
►The value of business and strategic planning
OUTCOMES
►Assess consumer trends, target markets, and potential competition
►Become familiar with the resources of direct marketing
►Assess the value or uniqueness of your product or service
►Develop a marketing plan
►Write SMART goals
►Write a SWOT Analysis
►Develop a business plan
►Tie your marketing and business plan to your holistic goal and holistic financial plan
►Set prices for products and service that allow you to be profitable
►Determine viable markets for your farm/ranch
Biological Monitoring
Develop skills to “read the land” so you can evaluate ecosystem health on a daily basis and better understand the impact of your land and livestock management practices. Learn simple monitoring techniques to annually measure changes over time and determine which monitoring techniques will give you the information to increase productivity and build long-term biodiversity and resilience.
TOPICS
►Building resilience and increased productivity by managing for biodiversity
►Incorporating simple monitoring techniques into your daily routine
►Simple and effective monitoring techniques for rangeland, pasture, and crops
►Techniques for quantifying ranch or farm performance
►Natural resource diagnosis techniques
►Developing on-farm/ranch research to address natural resource issues
OUTCOMES
►Practice with biological monitoring techniques (up to 3 biological monitoring transects)
►Ability to analyze data from monitoring summary
►Explore with your HMI Certified Educator suggested management strategies moving forward to increase your land health and production or having those conversations with landowners and managers
Land Planning
Develop a land plan that optimizes your farm or ranch infrastructure to fit your environment and supports your long-term production plans. Analyze strengths and weaknesses of your current infrastructure, and prioritize implementation of infrastructure changes for financial payback.
TOPICS
►Mapping a future landscape vision
►Defining key natural resource, production, and social issues to address them effectively
►Designing for resilience and flexibility
►Increasing creativity in the design process
►Using land planning to effectively develop your resource base
►Integrating holistic and permaculture design principles
►Strategizing land planning implementation
►Land plan monitoring to overcome roadblocks and achieve the desired results
►Financing your land plan
►Integrating farm/ranch vision and land plan with other farm plans
►Preparing maps and overlays
OUTCOMES
►Develop a land planning map that denotes current key infrastructure and analyze strengths and weaknesses based on current production practices
►Develop a future landscape description based on your whole farm goal
►Understand key holistic design principles
►Develop a land planning map with potential infrastructure to invest in based on future landscape description
►Develop a completed Key Land Planning Issues Worksheet
►Develop a return on investment for up to 2 land planning investment options you are considering
Bonus Materials Included
- Bonus videos which include recordings from online group classes and recorded Q&A sessions with today’s leaders in regenerative agriculture
- 3 hours of supplemental phone support in your first year of Holistic Management implementation
- Become a Certified Holistic Management Practitioner upon completion and be eligible to help train others in our courses with compensation
- Opportunity to have your project/farm/ranch listed on our Community Map and featured in our blog and on HMI’s social media, upon completion of the Next Step program
- FREE 1-year Learning Site fee included ($150 value) if you wish your farm or ranch to become a Learning Site upon your completion of the Next Step program
- $150 off HMI Certified Educator Training Program fee and expedited processing into that program upon your completion of the 1-on-1 Learning program
How it Works
- All the learning materials needed for the course are included in the fee
- The program begins when you sign up and receive your learning materials
- The courses are self-paced, flexible, and designed to meet your needs
- You will have lots of time for in-depth conversations with your mentor and guidance about your unique situation
- You will receive 15 hours per course of personalized 1-on-1 training with one of our expert HMI Certified Educators through email, zoom & phone
- you will have three (3) months to complete each module
- You will earn a certificate of completion and credit towards an HMI Certified Educator credential
- *FSA approved
Technology/Language Requirements:
- Computer (PC or Mac are fine)
- Reliable internet access
- Microsoft Word and Excel
- Phone or Zoom
- Classes are taught in English (Spanish available upon request)
In the 1-on-1 Learning program, you will learn a set of principles and practices that will enhance your land’s productivity, in both the short and long term, for a more profitable and regenerative operation. We can help you no matter the scale or scope of your operation: large- or small-scale, rural or urban, beginning or experienced. Our HMI Certified Educators are experts in their field and are eager to help you reach your goals.
Our 1-on-1 coaching will help you identify and prioritize ways to increase your profits and simultaneously improve your land. Using our holistic toolbox allows you to feel more in control, thereby creating a better quality of life for yourself and your family. And you can work with nature – not against it – knowing you’re leaving a legacy of good practices for your land, community, and future generations.
Participants in this program usually earn back their investment within one year. And if you’re not satisfied, we offer a 100% money-back guarantee.
There’s no need to drive or fly to a workshop and all this at a fraction of the cost of a consultant!
And COST does not have to be an issue! As a 501c3 non-profit organization, we offer full and partial scholarships based on need and on the potential of practitioners to incorporate Holistic Management into their current or future operations.
APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP HERE
“What I’ve learned in this course is that by using grazing with our farming we can till less and fertilize more naturally, which leaves the soils in better heath. This idea is very sellable to our customers.”
– Jake Smith, California, USA
“One of the first things that I took from Holistic Management financial planning was the “War on Cost”. I managed to save double the cost of my first Holistic Management course in my first year just by following this simple principle.”
– Rob Havard, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
“This training has helped to reinvigorate our Holistic Management practices, and enabled us to check in and see where we’re at—as a family and as a business. We redid our holistic context (goal). This is something that always helps. Even if Holistic Management practitioners have read the books and done the courses, it’s always helpful to revisit these.”
– Doniga Markegard, California, USA
Scholarship funding support comes from the L&L Nippert Charitable Foundation.
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Refund Policy:
Cancellations received before or within 7 days after the course begins will receive a 75% refund. No refunds will be given otherwise. This policy is required due to financial obligations incurred by HMI in planning these courses. We appreciate your understanding.
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HMI stands behind our training programs. If you participate fully in this training program by attending all sessions and completing all assignments satisfactorily, and if you are not completely satisfied within 10 days of program completion, we will refund your registration fees.
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Adelene is a resident of Arkansas and loves exploring the state’s natural trails. Her passion for education and technology led her to earn a master’s in learning systems technology from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. With her professional experience managing student/client databases and instructional design, Adelene will bring skill and understanding to her role as Office Manager & Instructional Designer at HMI. Her focus on making education more accessible to diverse communities is evident through her volunteer work as an board member for a scholarship program. Adelene is devoted to creating educational opportunities that align with HMI’s mission to promote healthy, resilient lands and thriving communities.
Seth Wilner has been a Holistic Management International Certified Educator since 2005. For 22 years he has worked as an agent educator with University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension where he specializes in farm business management with an emphasis on whole farm planning.
Dana was first introduced to Holistic Management in the 1990s while working in the Texas Hill Country. She strongly believes that Holistic Management can positively impact families that are on the land, the communities they are a part of, and larger landscape resource regeneration efforts.
Sarah Robertson grew up in Taos, New Mexico and has always been passionate about land stewardship, growing things, and nurturing others. After completing a BA in Communication from the University of New Mexico and working with local non-profits, she started her journey as a first-generation farmer. Since 2015, she has been learning and growing alongside her husband on various leased properties in Albuquerque, NM and running a small market farm with goats, chickens, and a CSA. In her role as Programs Assistant at HMI, Sarah brings her enthusiasm for regenerative agriculture, devotion to supporting others, and drive for lifelong learning and growing.
Jozua Lambrecht is from South Africa and divides his time between their home in Somerset West and their family farm in Sutherland, one of the coldest places in South Africa, where they farm with sheep. He is married to his wife Therese and they have two daughters.
Alejandro Carrillo is a fourth-generation rancher, and he is quite familiar with the challenges of running a profitable cattle ranch in the Chihuahuan desert. Because annual precipitation seldom exceeds nine inches, every drop counts when it comes to growing more grasses. Grazing year-round with only sea salt as an input, he is not willing to waste any water in such a brittle environment.
Jared L Talley was born and raised in Southwestern Idaho and now seeks to help rural communities adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing world. He is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Service at Boise State University, earning his PhD in Philosophy from Michigan State University and his MPA in Environmental Policy and Natural Resource Management from Boise State University. An environmental philosopher by training and an interdisciplinary scholar in practice, he seeks to better understand how communities relate to the land and how this relationship poses obstacles and opportunities for collaboration and governance. In doing so, he studies the role of science in collaborative policy, the role of place in environmental identity, and the role of the imagination in mediating both. Specifically, he studies grazing management and public land permitting, community-led conservation programs, rural education and entrepreneurship, place-based environmental governance, and the imaginative experience of our natural and built environments — all in the contexts of the intermountain American West.
