SANTA BARBARA PERMACULTURE NETWORK
Presents:
Keyline Design & Sustainable Agriculture
with Darren Doherty from Australia
Free Talk * Thurs May 3, 7pm
Cal Poly University San Luis Obispo, Building 8, Room 123

         Keyline Design a design system that restores and regenerates landscapes, applicable to both rural and urban areas. It is a unique combination of water conservation and soil building, with great appeal to both farmers and ranchers, as it has the ability to build and regenerate degraded soils rapidly, and sees the use of grazing animals as beneficial to this process. Water harvesting strategies employed by Keyline Design provide drought-proofing for farms.  Based on th work of P.A Yeomans and his book Water For Every Farm, A Keyline Plan, an important work describing a set of principles and techniques based on a holistic approach that works with natural patterns to restore and increase the depth and fertility of the soil, while increasing its water holding capabilities, using a special cultivation technique using the Keyline plow, to infiltrate water into the soil efficiently and hold it on the land as long as possible.   The term Keyline comes from the reference to a “keypoint” on the watershed, which is the interface between collection and distribution of water on the landscape, where ridge meets the valley.  Keyline is a philosophy and technique that doesn’t pit the needs of farmers against environmentalists trying to protect wildlife and fish habitat, and with carbon sequestering techniques used, helps to address aspects of global warming and climate change.

        Darren Doherty is an Australian Keyline Designer, Developer & Manager and Australian Approved Keyline Design™ Farm Planning Consultant, .  He has designed and developed over 1100 properties across four continents working most recently in Vietnam, on land projects for Mars Inc, owners of Seeds of Change. His remaining time is spent managing a working research & demonstration farm in Southern Victoria, Australia.

        The event takes place on May 3 Thurs , 7-9m pm, Cal Poly University San Luis Obispo Building 8, Room 123  (This is in the 'BRAE' Ag Engineering Bldg.) Located on N. Perimeter Drive next to the police station (just up the hill from the main library) Visitors must purchase a parking permit ($4 at entrance) Map of campus can be found at:  http://www.calpoly.edu/cpmaps/ The event is free, no reservations are required. 
        

Event sponsors are Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, Yeomans Plow Company, Nutiva Foods, Quail Springs Permaculture Farm, Orella Ranch, Earthflow Design Works, Island Seed & Feed Nursery and Sustainable Agriculture Resource Consortium (SARC). For more information, visit Upcoming Events at www.sbpermaculture.org, or email  margie@sbpermaculture.org, phone, (805) 962-2571. SLO contact for Lecture,  SARC "Hunter Francis" <wfrancis@calpoly.edu>  805756-5086


Keyline Design Workshops in California:

May 4, Fri, One Day Keyline Design Workshop , San Luis Obispo, CA, CANCELED NO SIGN UPS

Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
P.O. Box 92156, Santa Barbara, CA 93190
margie@sbpermaculture.com
www.sbpermaculture.org

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