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regenerative soil farming for thriving economy

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MFK GARDENS - URBAN FARMER NURSERY

FARMERS' DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS:  REGENERATIVE SOIL FARMING

​Unlearn The Ways We Destroy The Land We Walk And Depend On
Instead, Appreciate That We Can Learn to Teach The Land To Regenerate Itself.
The solution to climate change & human health starts right here.

Personal Development Classes - Travel Courses - Team Building Classes
Systems Thinking As it Applies to Agriculture In Reversing Soil Degradation.

when

Weekdays:  
Wednesdays  Week 1

Thursdays Weeks 2 & 3

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Weekends: 
Saturdays, Week 2
​(mid-month)

Corporate Classes:  9 am - 4 pm

Farmers:  9 am - 4 pm



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Farmers:  9 am - 4 pm

Companies

Farmers & Farm hands
Home Gardeners

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Farmers & Farm hands
Home Gardeners & Office-goers

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MFK-Gardens Nursery Learning Centre
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“Regenerative agriculture implies more than just sustaining something but rather an active rebuilding or regeneration of existing systems towards full growth and health.  It also implies an open-ended process of ongoing improvement and positive transformation.”

​
Charles Massy. Fifth generation farmer, scientist, pioneer in regenerative agriculture and
Author of 'Call of the Reed Warbler'. 
Dear valued customers, 

We are excited to announce upcoming workshop sessions designed to enhance your knowledge and skills in regenerative agriculture.  Whether you are a beginner or an experienced professional, this workshop is tailored to provide valuable insights and practical tips to help you succeed.

Workshop Details: Topic:  Regenerative Agriculture
Date:  See details on flyer (see below)
Time:  See details on flyer (see below)
Location: MFK-Gardens Nursery Learning Center, Plot 1888 Ledumadumane (opposite Pula Spar).

During this interactive workshop, you will have the opportunity to:
  1. Gain in-depth knowledge about regenerative farming technique.
  2. Learn practical strategies and techniques from industry experts.
  3. Participate in hands-on activities and exercises to reinforce your understanding.
  4. Network and engage with like-minded individuals.
  5. Ask questions and receive personalized feedback from our knowledgeable instructors.

We therefore invite you to join us for an inspiring series of Regenerative Agriculture Workshops, where we'll dive deep into the revolutionary practices that are rejuvenating our lands, fostering biodiversity, and ensuring a healthier future for generations to come.

Workshop Highlights:

Introduction to Regenerative Agriculture: Discover the principles and methodologies behind regenerative agriculture and how they can transform the way we cultivate our lands.

Soil Health and Carbon Sequestration: Learn how regenerative practices enhance soil fertility, sequester carbon, and mitigate the effects of climate change.

Biodiversity and Agroforestry: Explore the symbiotic relationships between crops, trees, and livestock that create resilient and diverse ecosystems.

Holistic Livestock Management: Gain insights into rotational grazing, animal welfare, and how livestock can play a pivotal role in regenerating landscapes.

Market Access and Community Building: Understand how regenerative practices can lead to premium market opportunities while building strong connections within local communities.

These workshops are designed for farmers, gardeners, agriculture enthusiasts, and anyone interested in making a positive impact on our environment. Our expert speakers, who are at the forefront of regenerative agriculture, will guide you through practical strategies, case studies, and interactive sessions.

Don't miss this chance to be part of other persons too that wants to see our lands become fertile and create a sustainable food system. Together, we can contribute to a brighter, greener future.

To secure your spot and learn more about the workshops, please visit http://www.myfarmhousekitchensbw.com/ farmers_workshop.html.  We are located at Ledumadumane, opposite Pula Spar

For inquiries, feel free to reach out to us at 73961421. Let's grow a regenerative revolution, one workshop at a time!

Sow the seeds of change with us,

If you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to reach out to us. Thank you for your continued support, and we appreciate your participation.

MFK-Gardens Nursery Learning Centre
Website: 
http://www.myfarmhousekitchensbw.com/farmers_workshop.html
App:  +267-73961421
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September & October 2023 dates now open.

PROGRAMME OUTLINE & SCOPE:

HOW TO FIX A BROKEN ECO-SYSTEM:  HOW TO HELP NATURE HELP ITSELF BY TRIGGERING BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY*
​THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES OF SOIL REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE / BUILDING THE ECOSYSTEM

Video:  Kiss the Ground (NETFLIX) / Soil Matters
Video: "I can sleep when the wind blows"

* Also referred to as Biodynamic Farming.  Biodynamic plants are grown in the ground in living soil, which provides a quality of health and nutrition not possible with chemical fertilizers or hydroponic growing. Biodynamic farms aspire to generate their own fertility through composting, integrating animals, cover cropping, and crop rotation.
GUIDEPOST
INTENTION
PRINCIPLE
ACTION
INCREASE BIOMASS
STABILIZE THE SOILS
NO TILL
LEAST AMOUNT OF MECHANICAL DISTURBANCE
 
 
 
UNDERSTAND THAT SOIL IS A LIVING ORGANISM

THE JAR TEST - DIY DECODE YOUR SOIL TEXTURE
CAPTURE & STORE ENERGY
WATER INFILTRATION
RAIN WATER-MANAGEMENT
CREATE SWALES*
 
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RAIN WATER COLLECTION
 
​PLANTING PIONEER SPECIES
GROUND COVER / MULCHED*
​PASTURE CROPPING
CUT & DROP METHOD
 
 
LIVING ROOTS AT ALL TIMES
PLANTING BY LUNAR & CONSTELLATION CYCLES
 
 
 
 
​INCREASE BIODIVERSITY
 
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COMPANION PLANTING
 
 
​GROW PERENNIALS
AGROFORESTRY
 
 
​INTEGRATE INSECTS, BIRDS, ANIMALS AND FISH
ROLES & USE OF BENEFICIAL INSECTS
WAYS TO ATTRACT THEM TO YOUR FARM
KNOW YOUR PESTS &
RID PESTS NATURALLY
 
 
 
​AQUACULTURE
 
 
 
SILVOPASTURE
 
 
 
HOLISTIC PLANNED GRAZING
 
 
 
 
INCREASE NECROMASS
 
COMPOST-MAKING
PLANT COMPOSTING
(Link 1, Link 2) 
 
 
 
PLANT TEA MAKING
 
 
 
WORM COMPOSTING
​(Link 1, Link 2)
 
 
 
BIOCHAR
 
PRODUCE NO-WASTE
WASTE-WATER MANAGEMENT
RECYCLE
 
 
 
REDUCE
 
 
 
REUSE
SESSION TRAINER AND FACILITATOR:
 
Ms Sheila Damodaran is renowned globally in The Fifth Discipline circles as systemic strategist, researcher and trainer on the five disciplines and trains core leadership of government and sectoral agencies working on persistent issues.

She is also the owner of the food manufacturing organisation here, she has setup in Botswana.  She is the lead designer of the training programme.

For more information check her at https:// www.linkedin.com/in/sheilasingapore/.
FARMER INSPIRATION:  FARMER GABE BROWN
Gabe Brown of Brown's Ranch in Bismarck, ND, shares his transformative journey of cultivating his farm from modern conventional use to a thriving living ecosystem.  Through no-till and extensive cover crop usage, Gabe and his family are able to support a diverse array of farm and ranching enterprises that are both profitable and models of sustainability in regenerative agriculture. Learn more at www.brownsranch.us.

He speaks to the five tenets of soil health:
  1. No mechanical disturbance
  2. Armor on the soil surface
  3. Cycles water
  4. Living Plant-root networks
  5. Nutrient cycling via biology

For his video series on Treating the Farm as an ecosystem, click here.
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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?
When a farmer practices regenerative soil farming, they reduce their need to react and fight pests and plant diseases.  In this programme, we work with farmers to learn what it takes to build the ecology - a set of interdependencies of animals, insects, plants, wastes, and water management systems that stop these problems from recurring or even happening.  This is because every aspect is intended to ensure that the plant's immunity is operating at its optimum peak.  When plants are healthy, they are able to defend themselves against pests and diseases without the need for man to get involved.
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.
Importantly, learn how nature, the soil, micro-organisms, insects, water, sun, and the constellation planets  works together naturally to improve each others success in the eco-system.  Learn to draw lessons you can use in your team.  This makes it a great corporate team-building programme.

urban farmers regenerative farm training programmeS

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

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

Both farmers and farm hands 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
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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 either for Wednesday or Thursdays or, 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 FINGER FOODS HOME
    • (NEW) Services for the Busy Executive
  • ABOUT US
    • Organization Structure
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy Policy
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    • Breads Bakery
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    • 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
    • Editor's Bestseller Picks Flyer
  • FRANCHISE
    • (NEW) The Cafe & Shop MFK
    • (NEW) CATERING & MEAL PLANNING >
      • (NEW) Boardroom Catering
      • Hi-Tea / Socialite Events
      • Private Chef Services
    • MFK Online Stores
    • The Studio MFK Cooking Classes >
      • (NEW) Essential Skills Cooking Course
      • (NEW) Essential Skills Baking Course >
        • Baking Essential Skills Course Outline
      • Learn To Cook Series Chicken
      • Learn To Cook Series Beef
      • Learn To Cook Series Seafood
      • ASIA CHINESE
      • ASIA THAI
      • EUROPE ITALIAN
      • CAKES & PASTRIES
      • FESTIVE CHRISTMAS COOKING CLASSass Special
      • VALENTINE'S DAY COOKING CLASS
      • Joining Instructions Studio MFK Cooking
      • Joining Instructions Studio MFK Baking
    • Urban Farmer Nursery >
      • (NEW) Seeds & Planting Guides
      • Stocks & Pricing Guide
      • Horticulture Seedling Production
      • (NEW) MFK Herbs n Berries Farm
      • Regenerative Farming Workshop >
        • Understanding Agroecology
        • Climate of Botswana
        • (NEW) Soil Preparation
        • (NEW) Rain Water Collection
        • (NEW) Treating Grey Water
        • Companion Planting
        • Lunar Phase Planting
        • (NEW) Stellar Constellaion Planting
        • (NEW) Making of Composts
        • Joining Instructions Nursery Learning Centre
    • Social Responsibility Projects
    • The MFK Affiliate Marketing >
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