Soil Health Tech Tools Watch Party: LandPKS Wednesdays, April 14 and 28, 2021 5:30-6:30pm MDT The free LandPKS mobile app can help you discover the potential of your land and monitor change over time. Use your mobile device for soil identification, land cover and soil health monitoring, land management and farm record keeping, and more.LandPKS […]
Please join us to learn all about all things electric fence! Jorge Ramirez of Taiban Creek Ranch in De Baca County, New Mexico will share how he manages his intensive rotational grazing system using electric fencing, and how this practice helps him manage for soil health on his rangeland. We will then discuss how to […]
Let's learn about some different ways to compost! Learn how to compost from the small- to medium- scale to transform waste into a valuable soil amendment! Instead of food and agricultural waste going to the dump, learn two methods (worm composting and aerated static pile composting) to make compost to use in your farm or […]
Register for one or both! Morning Workshop 8am - 1pm: Aerated Static Piles Aerated static piles are composting systems that use the naturally occurring microbial population in the feedstocks along with the appropriate oxygen supply and moisture to produce compost in a few weeks to months, making it a useful method for agriculture producers or […]
Join us for a morning of landscape assessment, soil conservation, and hands-on implementation at Esquibel Ranch! Participants will learn to read the landscape to better understand surface flow and process and get hands-on instruction for building erosion control structures—including one rock dams, rock rundowns, and media lunas. This workshop is perfect for ranchers, land managers, […]
We have decided to cancel the Badger Creek Ranch Land Health Workshop this weekend and postpone it to 2022. Although Quivira, Badger Creek Ranch, and our partners wanted to see and make this workshop happen, we recognize that there are abnormal challenges that we've been trying to navigate. The decision to cancel and postpone allows us more time to plan, arrange […]
Come learn about Biochar in Engle, NM! Biochar is an important emerging tool for productively dealing with organic wastes such as thinned woods, giving land stewards additional options for mitigating fire risk. Additionally, biochar can be used as an organic amendment that can help build productivity and is aligned with the healthy soil principles according […]
Come learn about Biochar! Biochar is an important emerging tool for productively dealing with organic wastes such as thinned woods, giving land stewards additional options for mitigating fire risk. Additionally, biochar can be used as an organic amendment that can help build productivity and is aligned with the healthy soil principles according to the NRCS. […]
Come learn about Biochar! Biochar is an important emerging tool for productively dealing with organic wastes such as thinned woods, giving land stewards additional options for mitigating fire risk. Additionally, biochar can be used as an organic amendment that can help build productivity and is aligned with the healthy soil principles according to the NRCS. […]
Do you educate or do outreach with the public or with farmers and ranchers? Do you want to help them build soil health? If so, this workshop will help you to facilitate engaging discussions and train people to do in-field soil tests to help farmers, ranchers, and the public to assess soil conditions and make […]
Join us for a soil health workshop in Southern New Mexico! This workshop is for farmers and ranchers who want to learn about soil health principles and the chemical, biological and physical characteristics of soil. The day will be spent outside focused on discussions and field demonstrations to learn about compaction, infiltration, surface cover, […]
Join us our Water & Wildlife Management on Working Lands Field Day at Sand Ranch! We'll meet at Sand Ranch on May 16 to learn from Ranch Managers and Landowners like Bret Riley and many more. They'll share their stewardship experiences in regards to management, observations, goals, vision and prairie chickens. Additionally, there will be […]
Join us in Northeastern New Mexico! Regenerative agriculture is meant to build health and well-being while feeding people. At Quivira’s Carbon Ranch Initiative, we use the Healthy Soil Principles and the idea of a circular economy (using waste productively) to move the needle towards regenerative management. In this workshop, participants will learn about the carbon, […]
Are you motivated to build engaged teams on working lands that successfully implement management activities aligned with healthy soil principles? Do you want to increase resilience in ranching and farming by working together to build healthy soil? In this webinar series we will introduce Quivira’s Soil Health Planning Program and provide instruction and coaching of […]
Come watch the premier of our interview with Christy Miller of Marfa Meats. Marfa Meats was a groundbreaking whole animal butcher shop and sustainable meat processor in far West Texas that established an offal composting system to manage animal remains on-site. Join us as Christy leads us through the challenges and successes of building pathways to sustainable waste management solutions.
Join the Carbon Ranch Initiative team and Reunity Resources to learn how composting transforms waste into a valuable soil amendment! We'll discuss how diverting organic waste from landfills to make compost plays a role in mitigating climate change, and improving nutrient and water cycles.
Quivira and Seven Oaks Ranch are excited to provide a multi-day workshop to learn about organic amendments, soil health, and wildlife habitat. June 16-19, we will learn how to make and use biochar, hear about pollinators, and enjoy a star party on a dark skies ranch in Ozona TX. We encourage women and young people to attend to build networking and capacity for regenerative rangeland stewardship.
Join us in Ocate, NM and learn both how to produce compost, then about organic amendment application for rangeland soil health. Experts from Reunity Resources will demonstrate the Aerated Static Pile (ASP) composting system. ASP is a no-turn process that uses the naturally occurring microbial population in the feedstocks along with the appropriate oxygen supply and moisture to rapidly mature and age the organic waste into a valuable soil amendment. ASP is a useful method for agriculture producers or rural area residents who want to dispose of organic waste without taking it to the landfill. In addition, participants will learn about compost & biochar applications on rangelands as well as a couple soil health field monitoring techniques. Quivira Coalition staff will share preliminary results from case studies of compost, biochar and bale grazing applied at other ranches.
Aerated Static Pile (ASP) composting is a no-turn process that uses the naturally occurring microbial population in the feedstocks along with the appropriate oxygen supply and moisture to rapidly mature and age the organic waste into a valuable soil amendment. ASP is a useful method for agriculture producers or rural area residents who want to dispose of organic waste without taking it to the landfill. Participants will learn general principles of composting, uses of compost in agricultural systems, and will learn how to set up an ASP on site from expert composters from Reunity Resources.
Are you interested in revolutionizing beef production at the ground level? The Quivira Coalition's Carbon Ranch Initiative team invites you to the heart of West Texas for an opportunity to improve rangeland soil health using compost, biochar and hay bale applications.
Join us on March 17 and 18 in this immersive two-day series, set in the stunning landscape of Marfa and Fort Davis, TX. Participants will gain hands-on expertise applying compost, biochar, and hay bales to rangeland soils and learn how to monitor the transformative impacts of these applications on water retention, erosion control, and grass production.