Two-day Biological Agriculture Course

One-day Tree and Vine Course

Dr Andersen returns
September 2011

Two-day Biological Agriculture Course

Details for this course are still being confirmed.

To register for course information updates as they become available, please click here.

Biological Agriculture Course with Dr Arden Andersen BSc. Ag. Sc. PHD.BioPhysics D.O. F.S

This will be a two-day event in which you learn to apply the natural sciences to practical farm management to achieve results. The course will focuses on the relationship between healthy soils and better plant and livestock production. The information conveyed is the foundation for sustainable, biology friendly, quality nutrition agriculture. It applies to all ag sectors - pastoral, dairy, cropping, horticultural, fruit and vegetable. From this course you will:

Learn how biochemistry, physics and plant biology can guide you in your daily farm management decisions.
Gain insight into how improved soil biology reduces weed, disease and insect pests.
Be taught the testing and evaluation methods needed for profitable soil, plant and livestock management.
Understand how fertilisation and management practices affect the nutritional quality of the crops produced and how that impacts human health.
Be provided formulas and suggestions for fertilisation.
Discuss Beyond Organix (BYO), a certification scheme launched in USA by Dr Andersen - based on tested nutritional density and flavour - a benchmark to distinguish products from the masses.

The courses are conducted lecture style with the power point presentation folder provided.

A practical field visit will also be included as part of the course content.

Be prepared to focus and learn more than you may have imagined was involved in agricultural production.

One-day Tree and Vine Course

Details for this course are still being confirmed.

To register for course information updates as they become available, please click here.

This course focuses on biological agriculture practices applicable to kiwifruit, avocadoes, grapes and other tree and vine crops. Dr Andersen's presentation gives an overview of the natural science that underpins biological farming with more specific perspectives and practices relating to fruit production. Soil remineralisation, microbiology and physics as they affect photosynthesis, brix, humus levels and yields are explained and related to various stages of crop development. The focus is on enabling growers to create high health, high brix, high yield orchards.