Name: Healthy soils workshop
Start: 2024-10-10T11:30:00+12:00
End: 2024-10-10T14:30:00+12:00
Location: 2078 Taylor Pass Road, Awatere

Explore soil health by visual assessment, learn soil
basics, and discuss options for increasing soil
health. Join us as our farmer host allows us to dig in
and ‘trouble shoot’ their soils.
Joining MDC soil scientist Matt Oliver is Dr Charles Merfield (Merf). Merf is founder and head of the Future Farming Centre. The FFC is dedicated to science and extension of whole-system agricultures and horticultures, such as ecological agriculture, agroecology, organic agriculture and biological farming. The workshop includes: how to read soil profiles, how to interpret lab tests, different techniques to undertake your own soil testing and benefits of diverse pasture mixes. It will be interactive, and I'm confident the conversations had, and knowledge gained will be useful!
Please register at https://landcare.org.nz/nzltmis2/form_events_registration/form_events_registration.php?gxEvent_ID=362
Wear warm clothing and solid (cleaned) boots. Thanks to Marty and Libby Westernra for opening up their farm and soils for us.