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This workshop is a combination of intensive technical & practical sessions targeted at farmers, professional land managers, consultants, permaculture designers, earthmovers and anyone with a strong interest in sustainable land management and soil creation. 3 days on-site outlining all of the principles and techniques involved with the modern application of Keyline Design.

The Keyline system of farming began with P.A. Yeomans' seminal text "Water for every farm", first published in 1954. Since that time, Keyline concepts have been incorporated into all the major frameworks for sustainable farming and land management techniques, both in Australia and across the globe.

Keyline Farming workshops with Darren Doherty continually attract capacity attendance and with good reason. After attending Darren’s keyline workshops, farmers across the globe now understand the enormous benefits of actively designing water into land. Keyline methods of rapid topsoil building have become the genuine grass-roots force in the move towards a Regenertaive Agriculture.

In today's changing climate and landscape, we need effective solutions for land and water management. Solutions that benefit both the landholder and the environment, and result in both profit and improved soil fertility.

Keyline concepts were conceived and founded in the Australian landscape to build soil, hold water and improve the fertility and durability of the land. Look after the land, and the land will look after you.

Keyline Farming:

• Comprehensive whole farm design
• Amplified contour cultivation
• Water storage in farm dams
• Better layout of farm roads
• Quick gravity irrigation
• Contour strip forests
• Subdivision design
• Healing Erosion
• Solving salinity

Read more about P.A.Yeoman's techniques in The Keyline Plan from the Soil and Health library. See also Aerial view of Yeomans' Keyline work at Kurmond.

This course is FarmReady approved. Farmers, primary producers, land managers and their families may be eligible for a full reimbursement of the costs for this workshop, including travel and accommodation. Go to our FarmReady page to see if you're eligible. The FarmReady course number for this course is: FRTC0376

Who is this course for?

The Keyline Design Course is an intensive blend of technical & practical sessions targeted at would-be carbon farmers, professional land managers, consultants, permaculture designers, earthmovers, farmers and anyone with a strong interest in sustainable land management and soil creation.

This 3-day on-site course will fully outline all of the principles and techniques involved with the modern application of Keyline Design. We will also have Keyline's central tool, the multi-award winning, fully optioned, Yeomans' Keyline Plow for demonstration as part of this course.

"The object of Agriculture is to feed and clothe people. Two things will guarantee this happens with maximum efficiency. Firstly, farming must be prosperous and secondly, soil fertility must constantly improve" - P.A.Yeomans

Topics covered include: Keyline™ Design Carbon sequestration Cost effective soil creation Water harvesting & reticulation Designing water into a property Dam placement Pasture improvement Holistic Management™ and much more......

About the teacher

Darren Doherty has had extensive experience across the planet in Permaculture project design, development & management, with a focus on retrofitting broad-acre agricultural systems, and has been acclaimed as a pioneer in this important & often overlooked field. He is a registered teacher of The Permaculture Institute, a qualified Whole Farm Planner (University of Melbourne), an Approved Keyline Designer, & Accredited Permaculture Training (APT) Trainer.

During your course:

Your course fee includes extensive course notes, maps and example plans for Keyline Design. And of course, amazing lunches made with the best local food the Mudgee region has to offer, as well as morning and afternoon tea on each day.

Course cost: $650 (earlybird discount of 15% before 1st Sept) - COURSE COST FULLY RE-IMBURSIBLE THROUGH FARMREADY:

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Milkwood Permaculture are the proud NSW providers of the 2010 Regenerative Agriculture Workshop Series, of which this course is a part.