Open Gate: Bean Hollow Grassfed Day
June 2, 2018
Bean Hollow Grassfed
Flint Hill, Virginia
Our Bean Hollow Grassfed Day is part of HMI’s Open Gate Learning Series. Open Gates are peer-to-peer action-based learning days with short presentations and small group exercises geared for participants to share discoveries and management techniques with guidance from experienced facilitators and producers.
Holistic Management® works with nature, not against it. We will discuss planet and animal-friendly management techniques that lead to richer soil, improved water containment, nutrient-dense food, more successful farms, and ranches, and thriving communities.
Whether you are an agricultural producer, local agency representative, or just interested in ranching, land stewardship, and the production of grass-fed meats, this is a day for you.
Come and be a part of this on-the-ground learning day, connect with others who care about a healthy food system, and help strengthen your local communities. Because we all have a stake in the way our food is grown.
What to Expect
At the Bean Hollow Grassfed Day, you will…
- Discover how Holistic Management enables producers to better manage risk, make better decisions and enjoy the benefits of sustainable agriculture
- See what fellow land managers are doing to maintain land health and profitability in a changing environment
- Learn profitable ways to integrate sheep
- Discuss practical grazing strategies to improve water use and land production
- Explore how to improve warm-season perennial grasses with good ranch practices
- Learn how to analyze your enterprises from a holistic viewpoint and to make decisions that help take you toward a stated goal
| Saturday | June 2, 2018 |
|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Registration and Social |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome, Overview and Introduction to Holistic Management - Ben Bartlett |
| 9:10 AM | The Bean Hollow Grassfed Story – Mike Sands |
| 9:30 AM | Farm Tour: Multi-Species Grazing, Before/After Pastures, Warm/Cool Season Grasses and Monitoring - Mike Sands, David Massie and Charlotte Lorick |
| 11:15 AM | A Taste of Holistic Management: Choosing the Right Enterprises, Decisions and Financial Analysis – Ben Bartlett |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 12:45 PM | Why A Greener World? - Katie Amos |
| 1:00 PM | Experiential Learning: Sheep Netting and Fencing, Water Pipes and/or Water Infiltration - Small Group Exercises |
| 2:30 PM | Group Discussion: What Did We Learn Today? Evaluations |
| 3:00 PM | Demonstration: Cleaner Water for All with a Portable Solar Pump - Chesapeake Bay Foundation |
| 4:30 PM | Adjourn |
Registration
Advanced registration is $35 per person (includes lunch). Online registration closes May 28, 2018. Walk in registration is $40 per person, if available.
This is a rain or shine event. Please bring appropriate clothing, footwear and a water bottle.
Personalized Learning, Just for You
Are you interested in one-on-one learning that will take you to the next level in regenerative agriculture?
Do you want a personalized individual training experience set at your own pace?
Are you ready to implement Holistic Management® practices now so you can get the results you want for your business?
Our 1-on-1 Individualized Distance Learning courses are designed for land stewards, professional educators, consultants and agricultural producers interested in learning how to practice Holistic Management successfully to get the most benefits quickly. Classes begin when you sign up and learning materials are included. Modules include:
- Introduction to Holistic Management® Whole/Farm Ranch Planning
- Holistic Management® Financial Planning *FSA Approved in various USA states
- Holistic Management® Grazing Planning *FSA Approved in various USA states
- Holistic Management® Land Planning
- Holistic Management® Marketing / Business Planning *FSA Approved in various USA states
- Holistic Management® Cropping Planning
- Holistic Management® Biological Monitoring Planning
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.
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