Basic Course with Vegan Lunch
2020-09-26 10:30 - 14:30, 2020-09-16 10:30 - 14:30, 2020-09-09 10:30 - 14:30, 2020-09-05 10:30 - 14:30 (Europe/London) | Shumei Yatesbury, Shumei Yatesbury, 3 Yatesbury House Farm, Yatesbury, Calne, SN11 8YG, United Kingdom
This Basic course is a part of 2020 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.
Please register on our Eventbrite page. https://yatesburybasic.eventbrite.co.uk
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 attitude towards problems”)
Dates
Basic course:
This year, we have added the following dates to the basic course. (The content of the presentations are the same)

Saturday 5 September
Wednesday 9 September
Wednesday 16 September
Saturday 26 September

If I want to learn more, what course can I do next?
We will host an intensive programme of the advanced course for those who wish to learn more thorough ideas of Shumei Natural Agriculture.

Saturday 19 September

Sponsored by Stockfree Organic Services

Basic Course with Vegan Lunch (Registration suspended)
2020-08-01 10:30 - 15:30, 2020-06-28 10:30 - 15:30, 2020-05-30 10:30 - 15:30 | Shumei Yatesbury, Shumei Yatesbury, 3 Yatesbury House Farm, Yatesbury, Calne, SN11 8YG, United Kingdom
This Basic course is a part of 2020 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.
Please register on our Eventbrite page. https://yatesburybasic.eventbrite.co.uk
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 attitude towards problems”)
Dates
Basic course:
This year, we will have the basic course on the following five days. (The content of the presentations are the same)

Sunday 19 April
Sunday 24 may
Saturday 28 June
Saturday 1 August
Saturday 12 September

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 or 2020, you can skip the first day.
29-31 Aug 2020
Sponsored by Stockfree Organic Services

Open Day (with Vegetarian lunch)
2019-08-25 12:00 - 16:30 | Shumei Yatesbury, Shumei Yatesbury, 3 Yatesbury House Farm, Yatesbury, Calne, SN11 8YG, United Kingdom
Come along to this fun event and discover Shumei Natural Agriculture. You can taste our vegetables grown without chemicals, fertilisers and animal manures.

Shumei’s representative for the U.N., Alice Cunningham, will come to our Yatesbury farm and will talk on sustainable living through Natural Agriculture.

11.00 – 12.00 Farm Tours
12.00 – 12.45 Talk by Alice Cunningham
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch with Natural Agriculture produce**
2.00 Japanese Taiko Drum performance
Around 3.30 End
Vegetable sales
You can buy our freshly picked vegetables. (Pre-order available for the £10 veg box)
(Photo: image of the past year’s lunch. The menu may change.)

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**Please book early as places are limited. Lunch is limited for the first 50 people. Vegan option is available.

Admission is free.
Vegetarian lunch – £10
If you would like to visit our farm without having Lunch, please email at yatesbury@shumei.eu to inform us your participation.

3-day intensive course
2019-08-16 11:30 - 2019-08-18 15:30 | Shumei Yatesbury, Shumei Yatesbury, 3 Yatesbury House Farm, Yatesbury, Calne, SN11 8YG, United Kingdom
This course is aimed at farmers/growers and students who wants to learn how to grow vegetables with Shumei Natural Agriculture way. We will learn both basic and more detailed concepts and feel the power of soil by experience some tasks in the field.
Vegan Lunch will be provided each day but you need to arrange breakfast and supper by yourself.
If you need an accommodation, we can provide the list of B&B / Hotels near our farm.
Day1: Basic course (The importance of soil, How to maintain fields and crops with the concept of “purification”)
Day 2: Advansed course 1
Day 3: Advansed course 2
The contents of the first day is the basic course. If you have attended the basice course between April and July, please attend the second and the third day.
In the Advaced course, we will cover topics such as “Role of compost”, “Seed savings”, “How to improve soil condition”.
10:30am Lecture/Presentation + Q&A
12pm Vegan lunch with natural agriculture ingredients
After Lunch : Farm tour and field work.
Around 2:30pm: End of the day
Sponsored by Stockfree Organic Services

Basic Course with Vegan Lunch
2019-07-27 11:30 - 18:00 | 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.
