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Living Web Farms is where hands on learning comes to life about organic food production and innovative knowledge for sustainable agriculture from the world’s top experts.
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This workshop covers fundamentals of permaculture design for people developing self-sufficiency with the land. We will cover zones, useful plants, and water, among many other principles of permaculture. This workshop will help you develop a design plan for your own homestead in harmony with the land and natural elements surrounding you. In part 3, permaculturist…
Regenerative ranching expert, Jim Elizondo teaches about profitable livestock management while utilizing regenerative pasture management. Jim teaches the many great benefits of non-selective grazing. This includes the whole environment of wildlife, microbes, insects, and people. He offers expertise in how this can be done with fewer inputs and winter grazing with stockpiled crops while maintaining…
This workshop covers fundamentals of permaculture design for people developing self-sufficiency with the land. We will cover zones, useful plants, and water, among many other principles of permaculture. This workshop will help you develop a design plan for your own homestead in harmony with the land and natural elements surrounding you. In part 2, permaculturist…
Permaculturist John Nelson leads this workshop focusing on the importance of harvesting water for the use of irrigation, erosion control, diversion, and storage on the farm and homestead. We will explore the concepts behind earthworks and permaculture as a land harmonizing method that utilizes earth forms such as swales, berms, terraces, ponds and pumping systems.…
There’s a deep multi-cultural history of integrating social and economic co-operation with agricultural systems via a pattern widely referred to as “mutual aid”. Some examples of historical mutual aid societies which explicitly help farmers include The Grange, Via Campesina, Italian farming co-ops, and Cherokee Gadugi. Since land is the basis of all survival and of…
The availability, quality, and integration of water in food production is an overlooked yet central feature of food systems. Leaders in the work of water interfaces are John Todd and his son Jonathan, who combine cutting edge research with dynamic design to restore waterways all over the world as functional, living components of natural and…
Plumbing is an essential skill for both the homesteader and farmer. In this workshop, Richard Freudenberger covers preparation and sweating of copper pipe w/silver solder, where and why to use different types of copper, along with many other plumbing options including the use of PEX and oxygen-barrier PEX, PVC/CPVC, NPT iron & brass, and SharkBite…
There’s a deep multi-cultural history of integrating social and economic co-operation with agricultural systems via a pattern widely referred to as “mutual aid”. Some examples of historical mutual aid societies which explicitly help farmers include The Grange, Via Campesina, Italian farming co-ops, and Cherokee Gadugi. Since land is the basis of all survival and of…
Author of the book, Alcohol Fuel,” Richard Freudenberger teaches us the hands-on details of small scale alcohol fuel production (ethanol). Richard describes the processes involved and the distinctions between different types of alcohol, decisions about effective types of feed stocks to use and how you can integrate this technology into your farm/garden/homestead. Learn the pros…
Plumbing is an essential skill for both the homesteader and farmer. In this workshop, Richard Freudenberger covers preparation and sweating of copper pipe w/silver solder, where and why to use different types of copper, along with many other plumbing options including the use of PEX and oxygen-barrier PEX, PVC/CPVC, NPT iron & brass, and SharkBite…
Learn about the fascinating history of composting human manure and how to build and maintain a composting toilet. From the most basic design to a fully portable two seater bathroom on wheels, discover the important details you need to know to do it right and keep it odor free. Richard Freudenberger and Ned Ryan Doyle…
Regenerative ranching expert, Jim Elizondo teaches about profitable livestock management while utilizing regenerative pasture management. Jim teaches the many great benefits of non-selective grazing. This includes the whole environment of wildlife, microbes, insects, and people. He offers expertise in how this can be done with fewer inputs and winter grazing with stockpiled crops while maintaining…
Author of the book, Alcohol Fuel,” Richard Freudenberger teaches us the hands-on details of small scale alcohol fuel production (ethanol). Richard describes the processes involved and the distinctions between different types of alcohol, decisions about effective types of feed stocks to use and how you can integrate this technology into your farm/garden/homestead. Learn the pros…
This workshop covers fundamentals of permaculture design for people developing self-sufficiency with the land. We will cover zones, useful plants, and water, among many other principles of permaculture. This workshop will help you develop a design plan for your own homestead in harmony with the land and natural elements surrounding you.
Regenerative ranching expert, Jim Elizondo teaches about profitable livestock management while utilizing regenerative pasture management. Jim teaches the many great benefits of non-selective grazing. This includes the whole environment of wildlife, microbes, insects, and people. He offers expertise in how this can be done with fewer inputs and winter grazing with stockpiled crops while maintaining…
Welding is an essential skill to have on the farm when it comes to fixing and maintaining machinery. Dan Hettinger and the Biochar crew start with the basics of how welding is useful on the farm. This workshop helps you know the basics of steel fabrication techniques. as well as electric arc welding. We will…
Learn about the fascinating history of composting human manure and how to build and maintain a composting toilet. From the most basic design to a fully portable two seater bathroom on wheels, discover the important details you need to know to do it right and keep it odor free. Richard Freudenberger and Ned Ryan Doyle…
Regenerative ranching expert, Jim Elizondo teaches about profitable livestock management while utilizing regenerative pasture management. Jim teaches the many great benefits of non-selective grazing. This includes the whole environment of wildlife, microbes, insects, and people. He offers expertise in how this can be done with fewer inputs and winter grazing with stockpiled crops while maintaining…
Author of the book, Alcohol Fuel,” Richard Freudenberger teaches us the hands-on details of small scale alcohol fuel production (ethanol). Richard describes the processes involved and the distinctions between different types of alcohol, decisions about effective types of feed stocks to use and how you can integrate this technology into your farm/garden/homestead. Learn the pros…
Learn about native pollinators, beyond honeybees, as we explore the large variety of native bees, predatory wasps, beetles, flies, butterflies, and moths that are vital to healthy farm and garden ecosystems. Discover farmscaping practices to support healthy insect populations. Nancy Lee Adamson, Ph.D. is a native pollinator specialist with the Xerces Society. Glean insights to…
Lee Barnes, PhD. and dowsing educator teaches basic dowsing skills that include finding and quantifying water, and assessing its sources and deficits in land or in the built environment. Learn easy techniques as Lee shares the wisdom of this ancient skill. Explore how dowsing (“questing”) can be used as an internal science to systematically access…
Learn about native pollinators, beyond honeybees, as we explore the large variety of native bees, predatory wasps, beetles, flies, butterflies, and moths that are vital to healthy farm and garden ecosystems. Discover farmscaping practices to support healthy insect populations. Nancy Lee Adamson, Ph.D. is a native pollinator specialist with the Xerces Society. Glean insights to…
Join John Henry Nelson, permaculturist and co-owner of Stone & Spade, along with Rocco Sinicrope of Living Web Farms, for this workshop focused on the farm’s integrated permaculture and livestock system. We utilize methods to maximize nutrient and water capture that works in synergy with the landscape. Learn how to cycle nutrients and water in…
Author of the book, Alcohol Fuel,” Richard Freudenberger teaches us the hands-on details of small scale alcohol fuel production (ethanol). Richard describes the processes involved and the distinctions between different types of alcohol, decisions about effective types of feed stocks to use and how you can integrate this technology into your farm/garden/homestead. Learn the pros…
Our biochar crew has been exploring the world of recycling plastics; from detailed technical expertise to an understanding of global trade and the habits of individual consumers. We’ll explore downsides of our cheap plastics based economy, while acknowledging the benefits of plastics as appropriate materials in certain applications. While some plastics are food safe, corrosion…
Learn about native pollinators, beyond honeybees, as we explore the large variety of native bees, predatory wasps, beetles, flies, butterflies, and moths that are vital to healthy farm and garden ecosystems. Discover farmscaping practices to support healthy insect populations. Nancy Lee Adamson, Ph.D. is a native pollinator specialist with the Xerces Society. Glean insights to…
In the fourth class of our “Essentials of Cooking” series, we will cover the use of acid in cooking delicious cuisine. From citrus to vinegar to cultured products, acids are often the number one component home cooks lack knowledge of that can bring flavor to the next level. Cook and farmer Pat Battle along with…
Author of the book, Alcohol Fuel,” Richard Freudenberger teaches us the hands-on details of small scale alcohol fuel production (ethanol). Richard describes the processes involved and the distinctions between different types of alcohol, decisions about effective types of feed stocks to use and how you can integrate this technology into your farm/garden/homestead. Learn the pros…
Regenerative ranching expert, Jim Elizondo teaches about profitable livestock management while utilizing regenerative pasture management. Jim teaches the many great benefits of non-selective grazing. This includes the whole environment of wildlife, microbes, insects, and people. He offers expertise in how this can be done with fewer inputs and winter grazing with stockpiled crops while maintaining…
Learn about the fascinating history of composting human manure and how to build and maintain a composting toilet. From the most basic design to a fully portable two seater bathroom on wheels, discover the important details you need to know to do it right and keep it odor free. Richard Freudenberger and Ned Ryan Doyle…
