Sustainable Agriculture

• What is sustainable agriculture?
• Agriculture as a system.
• Beyond “sustainable agriculture”
  • Eco agriculture
  • What this means Practically
  • Regenerative agriculture
  • Carbon Farming
  • Natural Sequence Farming
  • Permaculture
  • Biodynamic farming
  • Organic Farming
• Better grazing
  • The Ecology of Pasture Growth
  • Soil ecology
  • Implications for grazing management
  • Monitoring soil and pasture condition
  • Soil biological activity assessment
• Extension for better agriculture
  • A Funny Thing: farmers are people.
  • Better agriculture for extension agents and coordinators.
• Better agriculture for farmers
  • Learning from Farmers
  • Stipa
  • Central West Conservation Farming Association
  • The Birchip Cropping Group
  • SoilCare Inc
• Landcare and better agriculture
  • Local issues, local solutions
  • Begin where people are
  • People are important
  • Celebrate success
  • Be flexible and practical
  • Value knowledge
• Training and Courses
  • Soil Foodweb Institute
  • ProGraze
  • Grazing for Profit
• References
• Case Studies
• (See the Case Studies Template)