Grazing for Long-Term Resilience and Sustainable Profit

Open Gate: Croome Court Day

Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 Location: Croome D'Abitot, Worcester, UK

Are you interested in grass-fed beef for you and your family?

Do you want to learn how we can heal our land 

and improve the entire watershed while building a healthier food system?  

Are you a farmer or rancher interested in learning how to use livestock to regenerate the land?

Croome Court Day

 is brought to you by 

RegenAG UK

, sponsored by

HMI

and 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.

This is a unique opportunity to dip your toes into the world of Holistic Management and Planned Grazing, and explore it's potential to enhance your farming/land management practice. There will be a selection of high calibre presenters from varying backgrounds, who will discuss and demonstrate the benefits of a Holistic approach to farming and land management and how it can return benefits at a farm as well as catchment scale - and within management structures, too. A broad spectrum of experienced attendees is expected, so this will be an integrated learning experience that allows for networking and community-building.

Provisional Schedule:

9:00 Arrival 9:30 Welcome – Natasha 9:40 Introduction to self and background to HM @ Croome – Rob 10:00 Tour – Rob 11:15 Exercise: Winter Stocking Rate Exercise – Rob 11:45 Exercise: Compare and Contrast suckler calf operation conventional vs HPG – Rob 12:15 Lunch 1:15 Benefits for organisations of working with HM practitioners – Katherine Alker (Garden and Park Manager, Croome Park) 1:30 Introduction to the PFLA (Pasture-Fed Livestock Association), and benefits of/for raising premium meats, and how to get involved – Russ 1:45 Holistic Goal Formation (including testing a few questions based on Rob Havard's case study) – Philip 2:45 Potential Benefits of a Holistic approach for farm and catchment water management – Matt 3:15 Exercise: Holistic Land Planning for Sustainable Water Management - Matt 3:45 Final Questions, Evaluation Forms and Closing 4:00 Session Ends

Registration

Farmers and Full-time students: £25

Other interested individuals: £45

Representatives of organisations: £65

Booking is essential. Fee includes a light lunch and soft-drinks. Due to the nature of the day, if you would like tea/coffee please bring your own in a flask - although there will also be some opportunities to purchase refreshments at the venue.

Booking: 

email Natasha

 or call 07866 674 205.