MASTERING REGENERTIVE SUCCESS
@ Behind the Oaks Farm

Shertz, Texas
March 13-14th, 9am-4pm

Join SPI & Understanding Ag for this 2-day hands-on workshop introducing the core principles of soil health and their practical application in regenerative agriculture.

Designed for both new and experienced producers, the course provides actionable tools to improve soil function, enhance crop and forage quality, raise healthier livestock with fewer inputs, and strengthen overall farm and ranch profitability, including strategies for direct marketing and building your brand.

Led by experienced Understanding Ag instructors, Fernando Falomir and John Hays, participants will gain real-world insights and proven strategies to confidently implement regenerative practices while avoiding common challenges. Whether you are beginning or refining your regenerative journey, this workshop delivers practical knowledge you can apply immediately.

The workshop will take place at Behind the Oaks, a diversified “next generation” family farm just north of San Antonio that seeks to bring back the connection between people and their food.

Topics to be covered include:

• Principles of soil health

• Adaptive stewardship

• Managing brittle (dry) environments

• Infrastructure development

• Ranching economics and profitability drivers

• Stacked enterprises and income streams

• Effectively scaling-up an enterprise

• Direct to Consumer Marketing Basics and Building Your Brand

• Using Email & Social Media in Direct Marketing

$40, including lunch

Detailed directions and an agenda for this workshop will be emailed to those who register 2-3 days prior to the event. If you do not see that email, please be sure to check your spam. For questions, email smallproducers@txstate.edu.

INSTRUCTORS:

Dr. Ken Mix is the Program director of The Small Producer Initiative at Texas State University and currently teaches entomology, soil health, and crop production, with active research on small producer needs, soil, and water resources. He is a former vegetable producer and currently runs SKM Homestead, a small livestock and mixed produce 50-acre farm in Fentress, Texas.

Understanding Ag is a regenerative agricultural consulting company that educates and mentors farmers, ranchers, landowners, businesses, and communities in the principles and practices needed to restore, repair, rebuild, regenerate their farming and ranching ecosystems.

READING THE LAND TO OPTIMIZE GRAZING
@ Dixon Water Foundation’s Leo Ranch

Decatur, Texas
April 30-May 1st, 9am-4pm

Join us for this 2-day workshop led by Holistic Management International (HMI) at the Dixon Water Foundation's beautiful Leo Ranch in Decatur, TX.

This hands-on field event will help land stewards achieve better results through observation and interpretation. We will spend time on the land at Dixon Water Foundation, learning what to look for in your pastures so you can better understand what has happened in the past, and what would be best to do in the future.

Practical demonstrations and real-world examples will improve your skills in making grazing decisions that align with your soil, rainfall, livestock, finances, and goals. Dixon's ranch manager Jake McNamara will showcase their virtual fencing project and give you the opportunity to observe and discuss their livestock. We'll see a demonstration of how they do their biological monitoring and use this data to achieve their ecological goals.

Whether you're expanding your regenerative toolkit or looking to sharpen your decision-making, this workshop will help you step back, gain clarity, and manage with confidence.

The workshop will take place at the Dixon Water Foundation’s 5,000 acre award-winning Leo Ranch, which the Foundation maintains to demonstrate environmentally and economically sound ways to manage rangeland, while producing grass-finished beef.

$40, including lunch

Detailed directions and an agenda for this workshop will be emailed to those who register 2-3 days prior to the event. If you do not see that email, please be sure to check your spam. For questions, email smallproducers@txstate.edu.

INSTRUCTORS:

Dr. Ken Mix is the Program director of The Small Producer Initiative at Texas State University and currently teaches entomology, soil health, and crop production, with active research on small producer needs, soil, and water resources. He is a former vegetable producer and currently runs SKM Homestead, a small livestock and mixed produce 50-acre farm in Fentress, Texas.

Christine Martin is a Holistic Management International Professional Certified Educator and coaches clients in improving their land, their finances and their quality of life, moving them towards their dream life! On her ranch in Leon County, TX, she raises clean (no chemicals, hormones or antibiotics) and nutrient dense beef, chicken, turkey and eggs, which she sells direct to consumer. Using Holistic Management principles and practices, the livestock are managed to allow the four fundamental ecosystem functions to be restored thus improving the health and carrying capacity of her land.

SKM RANCH

Fentress, Texas
May 21-22nd, 9am-4pm

Join SPI's director, Dr. Ken Mix, and HMI’s Christine Martin at Dr. Mix’s homestead as they cover the basics of adaptive grazing. This will be a great workshop for those exploring and getting started in regenerative agriculture!

$40, including lunch

Additional details & registration coming soon!