Fwd: Fuller Field School
Ben Stallings
Hi, folks! One of the best kept secrets in eastern Kansas is that Gail Fuller runs an annual "field school" here in Emporia that attracts world-class speakers in the fast-moving field of soil science -- with an emphasis on organic no-till and intensive grazing. It attracts guests from around the world as well, and the food is some of the best I've ever had at a conference, which is always a plus!
If you missed out on the No-Till on the Plains conference in January, or if it left you wanting more, consider attending this 2-day conference. As a bonus, there's a third day this year in permaculture farm design... he didn't call it permaculture in the materials, but the speaker is a permaculture designer from Australia. Frankly the two attached flyers are not reflective of the quality of the conference. It's a word of mouth kind of viral promotion, and consider this your infection!
Just to be clear, the conference is April 18-19, and the design
class follows on the 20th. Anyone attending the design
presentations for our community PDC on the evening of the 19th (as
I am) should have just enough time to drive up after the
conference ends on the 19th.
If you need a place to stay in Emporia, my wife and I have rooms
available, first come, first served. I hope to see you then!
--Ben
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| Date: | Tue, 6 Mar 2018 19:30:06 +0000 |
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| From: | Gail Fuller <fulle...@hotmail.com> |
We are excited that Walter has agreed to stay over and teach a farm design class on Friday April 20th. Walter has extensive knowledge in permaculture design, and has agreed to help us design our operations (large or small) to make them as efficient as possible. This is a great opportunity to help you set the course for future generations. There is a combo price for those that want to attend all 3 days.
There has been an issue with one of the videos (Don Huber) from last years school. It has been resolved, and I apologize for any inconvenience. I have attached a link in case you have not seen them yet. Please feel free to share! https://vimeo.com/249097156
A special thank you to Keith Berns and Green Cover Seed for setting us up with a PayPal account. If you have a Pay Pal account you may through the link provided, or send a check to me. Info is on the flyer. https://greencoverseed.wufoo.com/forms/2018-fuller-field-school/
Seating is limited to the first 150 and we are expecting another sell out. As with past schools, we plan on visiting the farm on the afternoon of the 18th. We will host several sessions outside and finish the day with a meal catered to the farm. Cost for this meal is $20. This has become the most popular part of the school. Sitting around networking with the speakers and other like minded individuals is a great way to finish out day 1. Oh, and the food is really good too!
Walter Jehne
Walter is an internationally recognized climate scientist, soil microbiologist and innovation strategist. He has immense field and research experience in forests, grasslands, agriculture and soils at national (CSIRO) and international (UN) level. For the other half of his decades, Walter has worked more broadly beyond science, at Federal Government level, leading transformation in industry. This diversity of experience has given Walter a unique and exceptional capacity to devise solutions - he makes challenges opportunities. Walter has a remarkable ability to explain complex science and economic paths forward in easy to understand ways. This year he was part of an invitation only UN FAO conference in Paris looking at bringing soil into the next IPCC report. Walter’s primary scientific focus is soil biology
Judith Schwartz
Judith D. Schwartz is a widely published journalist and the author of Cows Save the Planet and Other Improbably Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth and Water In Plain Sight: Hope for a Thirsty World. She has a B.A. from Brown University, an M.S.J. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and an M.A. in Counseling from Northwestern. Her husband, Tony Eprile, is an author and photographer originally from South Africa and her son, Brendan, is a singer/songwriter who has just moved to New York City. She likes to cross-country ski in the winter and in the summer she grows things; a new student to karate, she now has a green belt. She speaks nationally and internationally about soil-water-climate connections and solutions, most recently in Mexico, France, Norway and Switzerland. She lives and works on the side of a mountain in southern Vermont.
We want to thank everyone that has made this school one of the best events in the country and look forward to seeing you in April!
Gail
and Lynnette
Sent from Outlook
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 1:17 PM
To: Gail Fuller
Subject: Re: Fw: Farm design class
Hi, Gail. No, I didn't get the announcement. Sorry about
the email change. Please re-send.
I'm not scared by farm design, but the word agroecology might also fit.
I'll be happy to help promote it once I have the
announcement. Thank you!
Ben Stallings Interdependent Web
Ben,
I forgot to delete your old email address. Did you get the Field School announcement yesterday?
I hope this email finds you well. You have certainly been in my thoughts and prayers.
I just wanted to pass on a few thoughts about the design class.
Thoughts?? Anything I can do to help promote this?
Gail
John Lee
I'm curious what the deal is with having someone all the way from Australia when we have eager permaculture teachers locally? Does he have connections locally or was he sought out? I'm just curious literally how that came to be. I'd attend to see what he has to say, but this farmer is broke.
-John Lee, Intelligent Rebellion
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Ben Stallings
John, you have misunderstood. I assure you this is a 72-hour PDC; it's been meeting twice a week since February 1. You can read more about it at https://www.kansaspermaculture.org/get-certified, but you will find the registration deadline passed months ago; I only mentioned that the design presentation session was a potential conflict for the benefit of those who are enrolled already, and for the instructors and site owners who will be attending the session; I did not mean to imply that anyone who attended that one session would get a certificate, as that is obviously not the case. We are offering another PDC in the fall, but the dates are not yet posted.
I am not an organizer of the upcoming field school, and I was not involved with the decision to invite this gentleman from Australia and am not in a position to defend that decision. If you'd like to ask Gail why he invited him, you have his email address below. Gail is not affiliated with KPI; I just forwarded the message because I've greatly enjoyed the conference and thought other people would as well. I'm sorry if I offended you in some way by sharing this information.
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John Lee
No defense needed on the Aussie as, like I said, I was just curious how that came to be.