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regenerative soil farming for thriving economy

MFK GARDENS - URBAN FARMER NURSERY

FARMERS' DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS:  REGENERATIVE SOIL FARMING

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WHY REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE?

What is Regenerative Agriculture?
“Regenerative Agriculture” describes farming and grazing practices that, among other benefits, reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity – resulting in both carbon drawdown and improving the water cycle.
"If you’ve never heard about the amazing potential of regenerative agriculture and land use practices to naturally sequester a critical mass of CO2 in the soil and forests, you’re not alone.  One of the best-kept secrets in the world today is that the solution to global warming and the climate crisis (as well as poverty and deteriorating public health) lies right under our feet, and at the end of our knives and forks."
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-Ronnie Cummins, Regeneration International Steering Committee Member 
https://regenerationinternational.org/why-regenerative-agriculture/
The loss of the world’s fertile soil and biodiversity, along with the loss of indigenous seeds and knowledge, pose a mortal threat to our future survival.  According to soil scientists, at current rates of soil destruction (i.e. decarbonization, erosion, desertification, chemical pollution), within 50 years we will not only suffer serious damage to public health due to a qualitatively degraded food supply characterized by diminished nutrition and loss of important trace minerals, but we will literally no longer have enough arable topsoil to feed ourselves.  Without protecting and regenerating the soil on our 4 billion acres of cultivated farmland, 8 billion acres of pastureland, and 10 billion acres of forest land, it will be impossible to feed the world, keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, or halt the loss of biodiversity.
How does it work?
The key to regenerative agriculture is that it not only “does no harm” to the land but actually improves it, using technologies that regenerate and revitalize the soil and the environment. Regenerative agriculture leads to healthy soil, capable of producing high quality, nutrient dense food while simultaneously improving, rather than degrading land, and ultimately leading to productive farms and healthy communities and economies. It is a dynamic and holistic, incorporating permaculture and organic farming practices, including conservation tillage, cover crops, crop rotation, composting, mobile animal shelters and pasture cropping, to increase food production, farmers’ income and especially, topsoil.

urban farmers regenerative farm training programmeS

MFK GARDENS FARM FARMERS' TRAINING PROGRAMME.  BOOK YOUR COURSE.

workshop #1: how to be A
good SOIL REGENERATIVE FARMER
​ -"how you too can LEARN TO sleep when the wind blows!"

workshop #2:  how to be A 
​good SOIL REGENERATIVE farm hand
​- "how you too can LEARN TO sleep when the wind blows!"

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Farmhands assist with the daily work on farms including tending to crops.  You’ll help out with a range of tasks to keep the farm operating and your typical day will probably vary depending on the time of year.  Your daily work will depend on the type of farm you’re working on but it might involve things like operating farm machinery, putting up fencing, doing repair work around the farm or feeding livestock. You might be involved in irrigating, fertilising or harvesting crops, moving animals to different areas of the farm, fixing and maintaining equipment or looking after the health of livestock.

Being a Farmhand is a very physical job. You’ll work hard and probably have long days in all sorts of weather conditions. You’ll need to like being outdoors and be able to handle manual labour and heavy lifting. You’ll need to be skilled in operating a range of farm machinery and be very comfortable working with animals.

LEARN TO:
  • Understand the science of how crops grow and flourish without the use of fertilizers and pesticides
  • ​​What to do to ready the soil for the plants
  • Recognise there are no short-cuts or room for heroes (this causes us to use chemicals on our soils)
  • See the non-obvious, that not all what we see is what matters.  That consistent daily actions prepares the farmhand to grow the soil, the plants and the land he takes care of.
  • Take care of seedlings provided by MFK-Gardens Urban Farmer Nursery
  • Enjoy practical work

SEVEN PRACTICES OF SOIL REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE
Video:  Kiss the Ground (NETFLIX) / Soil Matters
Video: "I can sleep when the wind blows"
S/N
PRACTICE
DETAIL (THEORY, OBSERVATION, PRACTICAL, DISCUSSION, QUIZ)
1.
NO TILLING
Video:  Soil is a living organism
No-till
Least amount of mechanical disturbance
2.
GROUND COVER
Pasture cropping
3.
USE DIVERSITY
Silvopasture
Companion Planting
Organic recipes to rid of pests (Garden Pests, Home Pests)
Use of beneficial insects (row crops, farming, using good bugs)
Waste-water management
​​(Notes and videos below, quiz)
5.
COMPOST-MAKING
​​Compost (Link 1, Link 2) & worm composting (Link 1, Link 2)
Biochar
4.
​GROW PERENNIALS
​Agroforestry
6.
LIVING ROOT AT ALL TIMES
Planting by Lunar Phases &
Planting by Stellar Constellation Phases
(Notes and videos below, quiz)
7.
ANIMAL INTEGRATION
Aquaculture
Holistic Planned Grazing
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HOW TO FORM YOUR OWN CLASS:

choose your date

Option #1: 
  1. Gather your own group of ten friends, corporate team members or your team of farm-hands one month before the scheduled date;
  2. Or form your own class, select a scheduled date, book with us, and;
  3. Complete your payment two weeks before the class start date.
  4. Your booking date is confirmed on payment.

Option #2:
  1. Select from pre-set dates set by the nursery education team.
  2. Complete your payment two weeks before the class start date.
  3. Your booking for our programmes is confirmed on payment.
  4. You will join others who have selected the same date as you.  In the event of sessions that do not make up ten participants, the MFK office will reach you for the next available date for the module.
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FOR JOINING INSTRUCTIONS, CLICK HERE.

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  • MFK HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • Organization Structure >
      • Meet the Team
  • MANUFACTURING ARM
    • Breads Bakery
    • Savoury Finger Foods
    • Confectionery >
      • Birthday Cakes Kids
      • Birthday Cakes Adults
      • Valentine's Day Special
      • Mother's Day Specials
      • Father's Day Specials
      • Graduation Day Package
      • Independence Day Package
      • Office Holiday Parties
      • Wedding Day Cakes
      • Christmas Day Cakes
      • Cake Serving Guide
    • Farm Fresh Sauces
    • Fresh Cool Drinks
    • Fast Foods Cafe (LIVE SOON)
    • Convenience Foods Store (Upcoming)
    • Editor's Bestseller Picks Flyer
  • CATERING ARM
    • Boardroom Catering
    • Corporate Catering
    • Hi-Tea / Socialite Events
    • Culinary Studio >
      • Learn To Cook Part I
      • Learn To Cook Part II
    • Private Chef Services
  • OUR FRANCHISE WIP
    • Urban Farmer Nursery >
      • Farmhand Workshops >
        • Joining Instructions
      • Agroecology Understanding It
      • Climate of Botswana
      • Soil Preparation
      • Lunar Phase Planting
      • Stellar Constellaion Planting
      • Companion Planting
      • Row Planting Guide
    • The MFK Affiliate Marketing >
      • Your Client Database Register
    • MFK Online Stores
    • Social Responsibility Projects
    • A Letter to Our Angel Funder
    • In the News
  • ORDERING GUIDE
    • Your Order Calculator
  • CONTACT US
    • WE WANT TO LEARN >
      • About Our Visitors
      • About Your Culinary Order
      • About Your Farm Order
      • Event Satisfaction Feedback
      • Customer Satisfaction Survey
      • Book Your Course
    • How to Join Us
    • Job Application Form >
      • JD Trainee Production Chef
    • Conditions of Employment
    • PFS Learning Lab
  • A Letter to Our Investor Full
  • My Farmhouse Kitchens Blog
  • Work Process