Market Gardening In The Nordics With Jean-Martin Fortier | Sep 27- 28, 2024 (1)
Join us for a conference and a full day workshop on Profitable Market Gardening in the Nordics, and learn about the tools, techniques and the mindset that will help you succeed in your journey.
25 Jun 2024, 13:00 – 26 Jun 2024, 16:00
The Culinary Farm, Rugerup, 243 97 Hallaröd, Sweden
About the event
The long wait is finally over and we are super excited to invite Jean-Martin Fortier over to Sweden for the first time!
For those of you who don't know him (yet), with over 20 years of experience, Jean-Martin (JM) Fortier has dedicated his career to developing, testing, and perfecting biointensive growing techniques on world-known farms such as Les Jardins de la Grelinette, the Ferme des Quatre Temps, and the Old Mill. As the author of the best-selling book “The Market Gardener”, which has sold over 200,000 copies, JM has become a renowned expert in small-scale, bio-intensive vegetable production.
JM will be holding a lecture at SLU Alnarp on Sep 27 and running full day workshop the next day at The Culinary Farm, with Saba Nazarian, one of his former students from Canada who now farms and teaches here in the South of Sweden.
The Lecture at SLU Alnarp - Sep 27 | 13:00 - 16:00
Working With Living Soils
Everyone’s talking about soil these days: no-till, no-dig, carbon farming, regenerative agriculture, and so on. What unites all these philosophies is living soils. In this information-packed lecture, JM Fortier will explain his approach to healthy soils and introduce the practices he has been testing and applying on his farms for more then 20 years.
- How to set up permanent beds
- Working with crop rotation and cover crops in an intensive system
- Teaming with micro-organism to build a Healthy Soil Food
The Workshop at The Culinary Farm - Sep 28 | 10:00 - 16:00
Market Gardening in the Nordics
Farm Design & Infrastructure
Goal setting and Planning
Team Building and Operations
Which clients and crops to focus on
How to set prices to grow your profits
Which investments to make for long-term growth
Winter Growing Potentials
Tickets:
2200SEK early-bird – until 31.07.2024.
2900SEK regular – from 01.08.2024.
Lecture & Workshop Fee Include:
- Lecture content + Fika and Mingle with JM
- Workshop Content + Farm lunch and refreshments
- Afterworkshop Mingle with JM
- ???% Discount on The Market Gardener Institute Masterclass
Discounts are in limited time offer with the code that will be active during October 2024
Code will be available to you upon registration on the workshop and sent by email.
Sponsors:
Semenco: Seeds and agricultural tools supplier, distributor of Terrateck in Scandinavia
Hallant: Distributor of Ferrari (BCS) Two-Wheel Tractors in Sweden
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