This Basic course is a part of Shumei Natural Agriculture learning programme, which consists of Basic course and Advanced course.

This is aimed at farmers/growers and students who wish to try growing food naturally without applying any chemicals, fertilisers and animal manures. On this Spring session, you will look at the importance of soil; role of composts; basic idea of seed savings. The course consists of lecture/presentation and farm tour.

Shumei Natural Agriculture was featured in "On your farm" programme on BBC Radio 4 in May 2019.

By the end of this course you should be able to...

• Describe the key concepts of Shumei Natural Agriculture
• Understand the role of soil and composts/catch crops
• Understand the importance of seed saving in Natural Agriculture
• Recognise how people’s thoughts would affect plants

Programme

• Presentation of Part 1 (About soil)
• Farm tour

Dates

Basic course:

This year, we will have the basic course on the following dates.

Part 1 (About soil)

• Sat. 28 May
• Sat. 11 June
• Mon. 13 June
• Sat. 25 June
• Sat. 2 July
• Mon. 11 July
• Sun. 17 July
• Sun. 24 July

Part 2 (Concept of purification and our attitude towards problems)

• Mon. 4 June
• Sun. 26 June
• Sat. 9 July
• Sat. 30 July

Part 3 (More detailed concept of seed saving, characteristic of the vegetables grown by Natural Agriculture )

• Sun. 19 June
• Sun. 3 July
• Sun. 31 July

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