THE FOUNDATIONS OF REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

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LOCATION

Online

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LANGUAGE

English

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PROVIDER

FAI Farms

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DURATION

10 hours

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INTRODUCTION

This course is the perfect starting point for food and fiber companies looking to learn more about one of the most promising potential solutions to biodiversity loss and global warming.

Through tailored online learning we help supply chain professionals better understand the challenges and opportunities of regenerative agriculture. We explain how leveraging ecological principles and processes can move us towards production practices that build resilience and produce the highest quality nutrient-dense foods.

This course is bespoke and tailored to fit the unique needs of your organisation. For more information contact us today.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

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We can accommodate any group size and level of agricultural knowledge

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We introduce you to FAI’s Regenerative Outcomes Framework

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The course starts and ends with a tailored live workshop with our regenerative agriculture team

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All group members receive access to a core online component of approximately 10 hours of self-led, interactive, multimedia training content tailored to supply chain professionals

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Live chat forum support your journey throughout the course

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Through the second live workshop we allow time for discussion and begin scoping out your company’s roadmap to regenerative agriculture

ADDITIONAL OPTIONS

In addition to the above features, we can offer any of the following options to add to your tailored regenerative agriculture foundations course;

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Live or virtual visits to FAI’s farm or other regenerative farms relevant to your sector

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Live online sessions with the course authors and FAI team

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Bespoke coaching or transition support for your team and farmers

COURSE CONTENT

The Basics
This section clears up the terminology associated with regenerative agriculture and gives you a clear and concise way to understand and describe this approach.

We explore why regenerative agriculture works with ecological principles and processes rather than prescriptions and standards and introduce the FAI Regenerative Outcomes Framework.

Redefining productivity – the ecosystem processes

This section is all about increasing production and resilience by enhancing the performance of the land and its ecological processes:

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Water Cycle

How to buffer and retain rainfall to be available to plants for longer throughout the season, optimizing growth and production.

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Soil Health

How to build soil, and fertility to increase plant health and production, and reduce or eliminate the need for costly artificial fertilisers

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Photosynthesis

How to maximise the most valuable free energy source – the sun – to increase the quality and quantity of primary production

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Airflow

The importance of soil structure and airflow to support the fixation of free and unlimited atmospheric nitrogen and the cycling of other soil and plant nutrients essential to achieve a high production low input system

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Nature’s dynamic networks

By increasing complexity in the system, plants and animals’ resilience to disease can be increased

Practices and tools for achieving regenerative outcomes

In this section, we cover the main tools and practices available to farmers and food companies to increase the productivity and effectiveness of their land.

We explain why regenerative agriculture is context-specific and how farmers can use it to achieve their economic, environmental and personal goals.

We explain how to monitor and measure regeneration.

We explain what it means to be adaptive – managing complex and ongoing processes through careful planning, monitoring and responding to feedback.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Before you embark on this course, we recommend you watch the Netflix documentary Kiss the Ground.

For more information to support the shift in mindset required to embrace regenerative agriculture, we also recommend:

FAI’s A-Z of Regenerative Agriculture

Listen and share episodes from our Farm Gate Podcast. Through fortnightly episodes we feature stories from regenerative farmers and topics such as regenerative finance, scaling regenerative, regenerative agriculture for kids, regenerative oceans and much more.

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This course is bespoke and tailored to fit the unique needs of your organisation.

For more information please click below to contact us.

CONTACT US

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 +44 (0)1865 790880

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