Learn the basics of regenerative grazing with leading educator ranchers!
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, including: strategies for assessing and improving soil health and biological processes; tools for “reading” the landscape and herd health; and balancing management goals, economics and quality of life. This will be a great workshop for those who are getting started in regenerative agriculture and seeking to improve their profitability and overall ranch health!
Topics 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
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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 chz18@txstate.edu.
INSTRUCTORS:
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.
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.
The Small Producers Initiative (SPI) equips farmers and ranchers with the tools, training, and knowledge needed to restore soil health, build drought resilience, and develop profitable, climate-smart agricultural operations grounded in responsible land stewardship.