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SUMMARY:Heritage Food Festival
DESCRIPTION:The third annual Heritage Food Festival is back! Join us for the whole weekend\, for a chance to build long term relationships with others in the work and to learn practical food processing skills. Or join us for a one day pass full to the brim with workshops\, good eats\, and good company. \n\n\n\nOne-day\, Three-day\, Early Bird\, and Worktrader Passes are available. Children 15 and under are free.  \n\n\n\nHosted by Fieldspeak and Terrapin Hill Farm.
URL:https://fieldspeak.org/event/heritage-food-festival/
LOCATION:Terrapin Hill Farm\, 7695 Mackville Road\, Harrodsburg\, KY\, 40330\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hands-On Holistic Management Course
DESCRIPTION:Hands On Holistic Management (HOHM) exists to deliver the Savory Institute’s Holistic Management curriculum through real-world instruction on diversified working lands. Designed for active farmers and land managers\, but applicable to everyone\, this course will prepare you to regenerate land\, businesses and networks by applying system level insight to your unique circumstances. We believe in learning by doing\, and reinforce all classroom work with hands-on practice\, building the confidence students need to take the next steps in their businesses and lives. Participants will leave with a working knowledge of Holistic Management\, and an open door to the global Savory Network for ongoing support. This course satisfies the coursework requirements for Professional Accreditation through the Savory Institute.  \n\n\n\nHOHM will be hosted at Warren Wilson College and the Warren Wilson College Farm in Swannanoa\, NC– Expect half of the course to be held inside a Warren Wilson College classroom and the other half to be in-field at the Warren Wilson College Farm.  Upon competition of the Hands-on Holistic Management course\, participants will qualify to have an exit interview with the Savory Institute\, and upon successful completion of the exit interview\, become an accredited professional through the Savory Institute.  \n\n\n\nCourse Dates: September 8-16\, 2025  \n\n\n\nLodging: On-campus Lodging in WWC’s historic St. Clair Guesthouse available.  \n\n\n\nFood/Meals: Light breakfast provided by the Hickory Nut Gap Hub & on-campus lunch provided by the Warren Wilson College campus cafeteria.  \n\n\n\nTransportation: Shuttles to and from local Asheville (AVL) airport to campus lodging.  \n\n\n\nAdditional: Complimentary guided farm tour of Warren Wilson College Farm in Swannanoa\, NC & Hickory Nut Gap Farm in Fairview\, NC.  \n\n\n\nCourse Costs & Amenities: \n\n\n\nStandard Course \n\n\n\n$1200 Course Total  \n\n\n\nIncludes:  \n\n\n\nBreakfast either in field or in classroom  \n\n\n\nLunch in one of 2 WWC cafeterias  \n\n\n\nHolistic Management Textbooks (Provided by Savory Institute)  \n\n\n\nSwag bag provided by HNGF  \n\n\n\nField trip to HNGF + Meal \n\n\n\nImmersed Course \n\n\n\n$2400 Course Total ($1200 + $150/day)  \n\n\n\nIncludes:  \n\n\n\nAll amenities from standard course  \n\n\n\nLodging in WWC’s historic St. Clair Guesthouse   \n\n\n\n*Discount if booking a double room with another student*  \n\n\n\n3 Meals/day at one of WWC’s cafeterias – Breakfast\, lunch\, & dinner  \n\n\n\nAbout the educators:\n\n\n\nDonna Kilpatrick specializes in pasture-based livestock production\, ecosystem restoration and land stewardship. She leads the regenerative agriculture programs and enterprises at Heifer Ranch in Perryville\, Arkansas where she serves as the Director of Regeneration and as the Heifer Ranch Savory Hub leader. The 1\,200-acre ranch is a thriving\, living ecosystem with stacked enterprises that include beef cattle\, pigs\, sheep and poultry\, raised in an integrated\, holistically managed system. Heifer Ranch contributes premium grass-finished and non-GMO meat to the Grass Roots Farmers’ Cooperative\, which Heifer USA helped start in 2014 as a way to connect new farmers to reliable markets. Donna lives at Heifer Ranch with her wife Liz\, and corgi Austin- who is phenomenal at catching frisbees despite his short legs.  \n\n\n\nDylan Kennedy is a farmer\, designer\, educator and part-time artist based in Jabez Kentucky. Dylan’s career in farm management was born of a deep passion for agroecology and the role of humans within their ecosystems. His favorite projects are those that blur the lines between conservation and agriculture while engaging local communities in the stewardship of natural resources. Dylan has 15 years of experience in building and retooling regenerative farm systems across the USA in a variety of ecoregions. He is a Certified Permaculture Designer and an Accredited Professional through the Savory Institute.  \n\n\n\nKen Smith is a native Texan\, former naval officer\, mechanical and nuclear engineer\, business owner\, and entrepreneur whose journey from corporate supplier to fossil fuel companies to sustainability to regeneration advocate to holistic management spans over 40 years. He is a Senior Certified Sustainability Professional\, a Savory Institute Accredited Professional Educator\, and hopefully a good steward of the earth. Ken resides in Plano\, Texas\, with his wife\, Susan\, and their pit lab mix\, Stella.  \n\n\n\nMikey Hans-Barrientos is the Hickory Nut Gap Hub Manager in Fairview\, North Carolina. Originally from Miami\, Florida\, he was introduced to agriculture while working on the Warren Wilson College Farm while getting his bachelor’s degree at Warren Wilson College. After graduating\, Mikey went on to work in and around agriculture for several years before getting involved in the Hickory Nut Gap Hub. When he is not out monitoring farms all over the South-East\, he is most likely at his home in West Asheville\, just 30 minutes from the farm\, with his partner\, dog\, and too many cats. 
URL:https://fieldspeak.org/event/hands-on-holistic-management-course/
LOCATION:Warren Wilson College\, 701 Warren Wilson Road\, Swannanoa\, NC\, 28778\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hands-On Holistic Management Course
DESCRIPTION:The solution to climate change\, drought resilience\, food security\, and financial viability lies in our approach to management. We believe the solution to these pressing world issues is holistic management of our land\, livestock\, and people- leading to regeneration. \n\n\n\nHolistic Management uses decision-making and planning procedures that give people the insights and management tools needed to work with the web of complexity that exists in nature; resulting in better\, more informed decisions that balance social\, environmental\, and financial considerations. \n\n\n\nThe Hands-on Holistic Management Comprehensive course at Heifer Ranch is being offered as an 10- day intensive course. Successful completion of this course\, along with an oral exam held with a staff member of the Savory Institute\, will enable you to becomean accredited professional (AP) of the Savory Institute. \n\n\n\nThis course is open to anyone wanting to learn about Holistic Management\, not just those seeking accreditation. \n\n\n\nFoundations of Holistic Management: \n\n\n\nThe first session will do a deep dive into Foundations of Holistic Management and how to manage complexity. We will learn about the four ecosystem processes (water cycle\, mineral cycle\, community dynamics\, and energy flow) and the tools available for managing our ecosystem as well as what effects these tools have on the environment and ecosystem you manage. You will develop a Holistic Context and learn how to use filtering questions to help ensure your decisions align with your values\, resources and long term goals. \n\n\n\nHolistic Land Planning: \n\n\n\nHolistic Management uses a decision-making process to help ensure that the actions taken to restore land and livelihoods are ecologically\, socially and economically sound based on the context described by the people involved. Through the land planning process\, we will learn how you can increase your profit while making decisions that improve your quality of life and productivity. Students will learn how to create the future they desire by looking at their land through a new lens that leads to abundance in efficiency and land health. This section of the course will greatly help participants as they head into Holistic Planned Grazing. \n\n\n\nHolistic Planned Grazing \n\n\n\nHolistic Planned Grazing is a planning process for dealing simply with the great complexity livestock managers face daily in integrating livestock production with crop\, wildlife and forest production while working to ensure continued land regeneration\, animal health and welfare\, and profitability. \n\n\n\nHolistic Financial Planning \n\n\n\nLearn how to use a simple\, cash-based planning procedure that allows farmers and ranchers to be profitable while maintaining the quality of life they desire and improving the health of their land base. \n\n\n\nBasic and Comprehensive Ecological Monitoring \n\n\n\nLearn how to complete both the Basic and Comprehensive Monitoring Procedures. Become proficient enough to monitor your own land. \n\n\n\nA complete agenda will be sent via email to participants registering for the course. If you have questions\, please email Donna Kilpatrick at donna.kilpatrick@heifer.org \n\n\n\nIn addition to classroom sessions\, we will use the 1\,200 acre Heifer Ranch to deepen our understanding of holism\, the complexity of nature\, predator-prey relationships\, as well as the importance of ruminant animals in our ecosystem and their role (when properly managed) in reversing desertification and cooling the planet. \n\n\n\nIt is highly recommended that you rent lodging on the Ranch for this event\, but it is not required if you live locally or close to Heifer Ranch. Activities will take place on some evenings during the training. Please make sure to select both the “Ticket” tab to pay tuition and then also select “Add On” if you wish to add lodging. Our lodging includes two meals a day.
URL:https://fieldspeak.org/event/hands-on-holistic-management/
LOCATION:Heifer Ranch Center for Regenerative Agriculture\, 55 Heifer Rd\, Perry\, AR\, 72126\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fieldspeak Farmer Social
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening where farmers and friends connect over the country’s agricultural state. Everyone is welcome to come\, sip local spirits\, listen to music\, and chat about the past\, present\, and future of farming. We offer discounted prices on beer and distilled spirits and free water and soda. As always\, there will be great conversations with great friends. Hosted at Regeneration Distilling Co in downtown Winchester\, KY.
URL:https://fieldspeak.org/event/fieldspeak-farmer-social/
LOCATION:Regeneration Distilling Company\, 31 E. Broadway St.\, Winchester\, KY\, 40391\, United States
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