*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land management*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow a Memorial Day message from Didi Pershouse and her
current and upcoming events.
Thank you Didi for sharing.
Apologies for any cross-postings.
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
*Global CA-CoP*
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URL: http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture
*Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to regenerative
sustainable agriculture and land management based on the practical
application of context-specific and locally adapted three interlinked
principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance
(no-till seeding/planting and weeding, and minimum soil disturbance with
all other farm operations including harvesting); (ii) permanent
maintenance of soil mulch cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops);
and (iii) diversification of cropping system (economically, environmentally
and socially adapted rotations and/or sequences and/or associations
involving annuals and/or perennials, including legumes and cover crops),
along with other complementary good agricultural production and land
management practices. Conservation Agriculture systems are present in all
continents, involving rainfed and irrigated systems including annual
cropland systems, perennial systems, orchards and plantation systems,
agroforestry systems, crop-livestock systems, pasture and rangeland
systems, organic production systems and rice-based systems. Conservation
Tillage, Reduced Tillage and Minimum Tillage are not Conservation
Agriculture, and nor is No-Till on its own* (more at:
http://www.fao.org/conservation-agriculture).
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From: Didi Pershouse <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 at 14:00
Subject: Remember
To: Amir <[log in to unmask]>
*
<https://didipershouse.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6075151f49894b2c63289a22a&id=13dd51688c&e=7906f4d8e3>Didi
Pershouse*
*Author • Soil Sponge Strategist • Educator*
*Founder of the Land & Leadership Initiative*
Author of *The Ecology of Care*
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and
*Understanding Soil Health and Watershed Function*
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*Hello wonderful people,*
*This Memorial Day, I will not look away from places where the plow and
poisons have made the land barren and silent as a bombed-out city. I
will not forget the armies of honey bees, cattle, and workers that were
marched from state to state in mud, cold, and heat—the stench of disease
and death in every trench—amid the fumes and sprays of warfare. Today, I
grieve the unseen beauty of a trillion tiny underground
cathedrals—collapsed under the weight of heavy machines—in whose sacred
voids holy water would have collected, to quench the thirsts and prevent
the fires of fields and forests. I keep counting far higher than every
second of every day of my life, the number of insects gassed without so
much as a mask to protect them, and the weeds, the mice, the voles exiled
from their rightful homes. These were brave lives that fell, at the front
lines of wars fought over profits and property. Let us praise every
earthworm and fungal strand that laid down its life to a blade. *
It is Memorial Day Weekend here in the USA, and not only do I want to
remind you to keep in your hearts and prayers all the brave souls who have
died while trying to protect others, but I also want to remind you of
opportunities to learn and work together--across nations, and across
political and cultural divides--so that all people, and all species can
live purposeful lives, and participate in the processes that give us the
food, the water, and the beauty of creation.
*Read on for more details about current and upcoming events*.
A webinar, a one-day intensive, a four-week intensive, and a special
invitation to join our writing group...
Live (Advanced Level) Q&A Webinar with Australian Soil Microbiologist and
Climate Scientist Walter Jehne coming up this Sunday evening, May 26th
If you haven't already signed up, please note that I will be hosting a*
live Q&A webinar with renowned Australian soil microbiologist and climate
scientist Walter Jehne
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*
this coming Sunday night, May 26th, from 7 pm to 9 pm. (Remember, Aussies,
for you it's actually happening early Monday morning...)
We will answer questions about the biology and physics of restoring water
cycles for cooling and rehydration of landscapes at local, regional, and
global scales, as well as questions about the soil sponge that underlies
all healthy functional landscapes and water cycles. You can sign up to
watch it live
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or watch the recording later if that time doesn't work for you.
*PLEASE NOTE:* *Though all are welcome, you will get a lot more out of this
webinar if you watch one or both of these two videos first: *Didi & Walter
at Harvard University
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and Walter's presentation at my annual Vermont conference, called "Restoring
Water Cycles to Naturally Cool Climates and Reverse Global Warming
<https://didipershouse.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6075151f49894b2c63289a22a&id=5e750fef6a&e=7906f4d8e3>."
(This year's Vermont conference will likely be held August 17-20. Stay
tuned for more details and a confirmation of the dates.)
Sign me up for the webinar with Walter Jehne
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"I have participated in several of Didi Pershouse’s seminars and they are
clear, accessible and paradigm shifting. She is the only person I know of
worldwide making this foundational science information available to the
general public in a palatable format."
– Phyllis Tichinin, dairy farmer, and eco-nutritionist at True Health Ltd.
NZ
Next 4-Week Soil Sponge Intensive Begins May 29th
Beginning this Wednesday, May 29th, I'll be offering my popular online
course "Regenerating the Soil Carbon Sponge for Flood, Drought, and
Wildfire Resilience
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."
Join the incredible community of people (farmers, educators, policy folks,
and more) from around the world who have taken this foundation course, and
are using it to work together to shift land management practices, write new
policies, and communicate more effectively with others about what is really
going to get us out of the mess we are currently in.
I want to learn more about the four-week course.
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"Didi Pershouse is one of the best educators around.”
— Nicole Masters, Integrity Soils Ltd.
Single Day Soil Sponge Intensive on June 6th
On Thursday, June 6th, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (New
York, USA), I'll be offering a *single-day 4-hour intensive for those
looking to gain a solid introduction to the soil sponge and soil health
principles. *Similar to the four-week intensive, but with shortened
in-class material and less discussion, this course offers a foundation for
understanding the structure and function of the soil sponge and an
introduction to whole-systems landscape function.
If you cannot attend this course on June 6th, you can still enroll and
watch the recording of the course later, and have access to the additional
videos and materials.
The mini-course sounds just right for me.
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Want to join our writing class and/or consensus based policy workshops?
This morning I taught week four of the *Writing for Regeneration*
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class. Being with this group of people focused on telling our land stories
is having an effect on me: I'm writing more, and thinking more about
writing, with some surprising side effects: such as a poem emerging in the
midst of my newsletter draft. We are all enjoying each other so much,
we've decided to keep the class going, probably move it to Wednesday
evenings, and open it up to new folks in a few weeks. Please reply to this
email or contact me
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you are interested in joining us.
It's likely Jeff Goebel and I will add more weeks, and more people to our
very popular Consensus Based Policy
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class as well.
I hope you'll join us as we continue to grow the circle of people who are
committed to real change and long-term health for our local and worldwide
communities.
Warmly,
*Didi*
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