Local Farms & Community

Workshop 4 : Local Farms & Community with Joel Salatin

Joel Salatin is a farmer who truly walks the walk. An exponent of balance, Joel’s family farm PolyFace has achieved remarkable success on multiple critical fronts which explains his central involvement in the RegenAG Series.

Besides Polyface Farm’s exemplary status as a truly regenerative operation (on countless levels), the Salatins also practice an infectious way of regenerative living which has inspired their local community to put their dollars (and faith) behind genuinely local profitable farms. Two days with Joel Salatin will prove a life-changing experience. Don’t miss out.

Workshop Description

Joel Salatin is a masterful speaker whose humour and positive energy guarantees a rewarding workshop. Over two information packed days Joel takes us through his entire family farm operation from the production of pastured poultry (eggs, broilers, turkeys), salad bar beef, pigaerator pork, forage-based rabbits & forestry products through to the relationship marketing approach his family business has developed that has made Polyface Farm the internationally recognised, and strictly local farm it is today.

If you are a farmer, understand your potential to renew and inspire your local community through clean food. If you live in town, discover the power you have to patronise your local farms and decouple them from wholly unfair corporate forces. Help your local farmers transform their farms into profitable and wholesome operations producing food you can trust. Become instrumental in the conscientious transformation of the dangerously toxic and destructive food production status quo towards the wholesome regenerative model the Polyface Farms have proven wildly successful. With Joel you’ll reveal the astonishingly obvious steps we all must take towards a future that is beyond sustainable.

Act to regenerate your land, water & community.

Topics Include

  • Grass-fed beef (‘Salad Bar Beef’)
  • Pastured Poultry (Eggs, broilers & turkeys)
  • Pig Keeping (‘Pigaerator Pork’)
  • Forage-Based Rabbits
  • Value-added Forestry
  • Relationship marketing
  • Navigating legalities
  • Whole farm planning
  • Simple irrigation methods
  • Wildlife habitat benefits the farm
  • Developing local food networks
  • Multi-generational family farms
  • Principles of profitable farming
  • On-farm nutrient cycling
  • Buyer advice for the local food movement
  • So much more…
The author of numerous books, Joel writes just as he talks and walks. Conducting a farm tour at Polyface Farm Polyface farm was recently featured in two food documentaries. Food Inc. & Fresh Polyface Farm. 'The Farm of Many Faces' provides for thousands of customers and restaurants.
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Booking Instructions

Review the table below and consider the best location and dates to attend. Once you have decided where you’ll attend you have several choices.

  • Option 1 : EarlyBird : Take advantage of the early bird discount rate and pay $637.50 now. This offer is only available until the 1st September. Select the number of persons attending below, and click the GREEN BUTTON beside your preferred location.
  • Option 2 : Deposit : Pay a deposit of $225 now and pay the remaining $525 of the full workshop fee ($750) within two weeks of the workshop dates. Select the number of persons attending below, and click the GOLD BUTTON beside your preferred location below.

Our providers use PayPal to receive payments and take bookings for these workshops. You can book your course via PayPal without creating an account by providing them with your credit card details. Your banking details are secure and will not be provided to RegenAG or any other third party. If you are not comfortable using PayPal get in touch with the relevant state provider below, and they will offer alternative payment methods.

Book Your Chosen Location

  Places Are Limited
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  Early Birds
Book before September 1st and save 15% off the full price.
  Got Questions?
Please email your state convenor below.
25-26
NOV
A.C.T.
Email | nsw@regenag.com
Phone | Kirsten on (02) 6373 7763
Provider | Milkwood Permaculture
FarmReady Code | FRTC 0783
Course Name | RegenAG Local Farms & Community
Location | Bungendore, ACT | View Google Map
Venue & Accommodation Info | Download PDF
2-3
DEC
VICTORIA
Email | vic@regenag.com
Phone | Ben on 0488 031 484
Provider | Fusion Farms
FarmReady Code | FRTC 0786
Course Name | RegenAG Local Farms & Community
Location | Woodend, VIC | View Google Map
Venue & Accommodation Info | Download PDF
7-8
DEC
QUEENSLAND
Email | qld@regenag.com
Phone | Kym or Georgie 07 4086 8019
Provider | FreeRange Permaculture
FarmReady Code | FRTC 0776
Course Name | RegenAG Local Farms & Community
Location | Wetherby Station Mount Molloy QLD | View Google Map
Venue & Accommodation Info | Download PDF
10-11
DEC
NEW SOUTH WALES
Email | nsw@regenag.com
Phone | Kirsten on (02) 6373 7763
Provider | Milkwood Permaculture
FarmReady Code | FRTC 0783
Course Name | RegenAG Local Farms & Community
Location | Mudgee, NSW | View Google Map
Venue & Accommodation Info | Download PDF
 

After You’ve Booked

After booking your place in this upcoming workshop you’ll be contacted by the appropriate workshop convenor with additional details. Should you have any queries regarding the workshop, accommodation options etc, direct this to the convenor’s email address in the state you live.

 
 

 

About Joel Salatin

Joel Salatin, 53, is a fulltime farmer in Virginia - Shenandoah Valley. A third generation alternative farmer, he returned to the farm full-time in 1982 and continued refining and adding to his parents ideas. Recently featured in two documentaries on food production (Fresh, Food Inc.) as a healthy alternative to industral farming.

The farm services more than 3,000 families, 10 retail outlets, and 50 restaurants through on-farm sales and metropolitan buying clubs with salad bar beef, pastured poultry, eggmobile eggs, pigaerator pork, forage-based rabbits, pastured turkey and forestry products using relationship marketing.

He has authored six books, four of them how-to types, including Pastured Poultry Profits, Salad Bar Beed, You Can Farm, Family Friendly Farming, Holy Cows and Hog Heaven and Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal.


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FarmReady

The Australian Government has allocated $26.5 million over four years to boost training opportunities for primary producers, and to enable industry, farming groups and natural resource management groups develop strategies to adapt and respond to the impacts of climate change.

Most of the RegenAG workshops have been approved under the FarmReady scheme with the remaining pending application.

Primary producers and Indigenous land managers are able to claim up to $1500 each financial year to attend approved training courses, with additional funding also available to cover excess travel, accommodation and child care expenses.

FarmReady Approved

The Local Farms & Community workshop is FarmReady Approved with our Australian workshop providers. So if you are an Australian farmer (or a farmers immediately family), primary producer, professional land manager and indigenous land mananger can apply through FarmReady and attend the workshop and learn how to improve your farm or enterprise. The govenment will then pay you back. You must apply for Pre-Approval at last 5 days prior to the workshop start date. Apply Here