FUNDAMENTALS OF REGENERATIVE GRAZING
@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!

Topics to be covered include:

• Strategies for improving soil health and ecosystem resilience

• Tools for assessing the land and herd health

• Soil health metrics

• Holistic planned grazing

• Balancing management goals, economics and quality of life

• Addressing weak links to improve profitability

• Programs to support small producers

  
  $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.