Learn about the soil food web and syntropic agriculture practices to increase your yealds and to help the climate
Fri 13.12. – Sun 15.12.2024
Farma Částkov + Czech university of life sciences, Prague
Translation into czech
However, our conventional agricultural practices are destroying the soil more quickly than it can be generated.
So it is more than urgent to understand how this mysterious and fascinating web of soil life works and which practices should we apply to keep it alive and healthy for us and for the future generations.
Join the very first workshop in Czech republic where a soil specialist and agroecological farmer in one person will show you how to analize the vitality of your soil and will let you to practice how to establish a biocomplete compost so that your soil community was in a good equilibrium.
This workshop will bring many useful and practical tools for anyone who wants to grow good soil to grow good crops no matter the size of your plots or fields.
Or for anyone who is just amazed by this huge living universe under our feet and wants to dive deeper to understand how to take care for it.
In this intensive 3-day workshop you will learn:
Meet the lector: Phillip Barton, England
Phillip Barton studied and practiced:
Phillip made a soil analysis and biocomplete compost for CEPEAS (Syntropic agriculture research institute), directed by Fernando Rebello. For a great success he was recommanded to Ernst Götsch, the founder of syntropic agriculture.
The data collection that Phillip did at Ernst´s farm showed up that with syntropic agriculture practices, purely through natural processes and with zero external inputs we can achieve even more fertile and active soils then in the primary forests without the human interference.
This means that humans really have a very efficient tools to shift from the destructors to co-creators of healthy ecosystems.
Combination with the practices from the Soil food web school is very promising in order to make the soil regeneration even faster. And Phillip represents the very important bridge between these two key restorative agricultural practices.
Phillip´s wish is to „redesign our role in the ecosystem“.
That´s why in 2023 he created his soil consultation company Minds of soil:
„At Minds Of Soil, we deeply respect the intelligence of nature and recognize the integral role humans play in the ecosystem. Our solutions are inspired by the intricate patterns forged over 3.8 billion years of co-evolution. By leveraging these natural principles, we empower landscapes to ascend to higher successional stages, enhancing both the quantity and quality of life that the system can support.„
Meet the place: Farma Částkov
Farma Částkov is a symbol of the place where the soil health matters more to it´s farmer than the maximization of the production. It´s founder, Simona Hrochová, is an example of a conscious and sensitive farmer who puts a big stress on soil improvement techniques and demonstrates that this is the only way how we can deal with the environmental challenges as farmers and growers.
Price: 6000 CZK (5500 CZK early bird)
This price includes an intense 3-day workshop with Phillip Barton, who will arrive from England, translation into czech and all the organization before and during the event. Doesn´t include the food, accomodation and transport to ČZU,Prague, where we will move on the 15.12. to work in the microscope lab.
Food and accomodation: there are more options for food and accomodation which are not expensive (shared rooms for around 300CZK/night) . We will inform you about the actual prices soon.
Recording: this workshop won´t be recorded from financial reasons. If you´d like to sponsor the recording, please use the contacts below.
Until 6.11.2024 (23:59) we offer pre-sale tickets at a discounted price of 5500CZK.
Payments sent 7.11.-11.12.2024 or until the maximum capacity of 30 participants is reached: 6000CZK.
How to buy a ticket: please fill in the binding registration form below. After submitting it, you will receive payment documents. Once your payment has been credited, your place at the event will be secure.
Cancelation policy: cancelling up to 10 days before the event start: 50% refund, less then 10 days before the event start: 0% refund.
