Basic Course with Vegan Lunch
2019-07-27 11:30 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Shumei Yatesbury, Shumei Yatesbury, 3 Yatesbury House Farm, Yatesbury, Calne, SN11 8YG, United Kingdom
This Basic course is a part of 2019 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 basic course, you will look at the importance of soil; role of composts; basic idea of seed savings, the concept of purification and our attitude towards problems such as diseases, pests and weeds. The course consists of lecture/presentation, farm tour and fieldwork. We will provide vegan lunch.
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
Understand the attitudes towards pests and weeds
Understand the concept of purification
Recognise how people’s thoughts would affect plants

Programme
10:30 – 12:00 Presentation Part 1 (About soil)
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch & Farm tour
14:00 – 15:30 Presentation Part 2 (“the concept of purification and our atittude towards problems”)
Dates
Basic course:
This year, we will have the basic course on the following four days. (The content of the presentations are the same)

Saturday 27 April
Saturday 18 may
Sunday 19 May
Saturday 22 June
Saturday 27 July

Registration
If you would like to join the course, please register from our Eventbrite page.
If I want to learn more, what course can I do next?
We will host a 3-day intensive programme (basic and advanced course combined) for those who wish to learn more thorough ideas of Shumei Natural Agriculture. The first day is the basic course. If you’ve attended one of the basic course in 2019, you can skip the first day.
16-18 Aug 2019
Sponsored by Stockfree Organic Services

Free Farm tour
2019-07-06 11:00 - 12:00, 2019-07-01 11:00 - 2019-07-02 00:00 | Oxford
You are welcome to visit our Shumei Natural Agriculture demonstration farm. Our farm manager (sometimes a member of our team) is available to give talks about the results of 10-year practice of Shumei Natural Agriculture. We’ve grown vegetables without applying any synthetic chemicals or fertilizers (including animal manure) for 9 years. Some of them are grown in the same field continuously using the saved seeds for 9 years.
Free guided tour (May – July, September – November)

Monday, 3 June
Monday, 1 July
Saturday, 6 July

As a working farm we have limited capacity to offer unscheduled tours, but we’d like to welcome as many people as possible. If you’d like to visit us on other dates, please get in touch by email (yatesbury@shumei.eu) so we can make sure you’re looked after on your visit.
As a working farm we have limited capacity to offer unscheduled tours, but we’d like to welcome as many people as possible. If you’d like to visit us on other dates, please get in touch by email (yatesbury@shumei.eu) so we can make sure you’re looked after on your visit.

Free Farm tour
2019-06-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Shumei Yatesbury, Shumei Yatesbury, 3 Yatesbury House Farm, Yatesbury, Calne, SN11 8YG, United Kingdom

Free Natural Agriculture Farm tour
2019-05-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Shumei Yatesbury, Shumei Yatesbury, 3 Yatesbury House Farm, Yatesbury, Calne, SN11 8YG, United Kingdom
You are welcome to visit our Shumei Natural Agriculture demonstration farm. Our farm manager (sometimes a member of our team) is available to give talks about the results of 10-year practice of Shumei Natural Agriculture. We’ve grown vegetables without applying any synthetic chemicals or fertilisers (including animal manure) for 9 years. Some of them are grown in the same field continuously using the saved seeds for 9 years.
Free guided tour (May – July, September – November)

Monday, 6 May 2019 (10:00 to 11:00)
Monday, 3 June 2019 (10:00 to 11:00)
Monday, 1 July 2019 (10:00 to 11:00)
Saturday, 6 July 2019 (10:00 to 11:00)

To join the tour, please register at our Eventbrite page.
As a working farm we have limited capacity to offer unscheduled tours, but we’d like to welcome as many people as possible. If you’d like to visit us on other dates, please get in touch by email (yatesbury@shumei.eu) so we can make sure you’re looked after on your visit.
