Costales Nature Farms

SEMINAR/WORKSHOP PACKAGES

3-DAY INTEGRATED NATURAL FARMING AND EM TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP

This seminar aims to arm people with the needed arsenal of skills and techniques in starting/expanding an integrated organic farm. The seminar is divided into two parts - lecture and actual implementation(hands-on) for better appreciation and guaranteed learning.

The seminar is inclusive of all meals and accommodations.

Venue

COSTALES NATURE FARMS TRAINING CENTER, Brgy Gagalot, Majayjay, Laguna

Seminar Schedules for 2012

May 12-13 (2-Day weekend Seminar)

May 29-31(3-Day Weekday Seminar)

Target audience

• Farmowners/retirees/businessmen/students who want to engage in natural/organic farming

• Wellness advocates, doctors, parents who want to grow healthy, chemical/pesticide-free veggies for family consumption

• Experienced conventional-based  farmers who want to convert their agricultural practices into natural/organic farming

• Farm technicians, teachers, LGU's who want to expound their knowledge on natural/organic farming

• Environmentalists, leaders who want to gain knowledge on recycling, reviving the forest, conversion of garbage into fertilizers, cleaning up of riverbanks and lakes

• Conventional growers of poultry and livestock who want to get rid of the foul odor and convert farm waste into cash

 

Seminar Programme

1st Day

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

• Registration

• Breakfast

•  Explanation of Costales Nature Farms/Farm Guidelines and schedule of activities

• Kyusei Nature Farming Concepts (The Costales Nature Farm’s Model)

• Farm tour at Costales Nature Farms

• Refreshment

• Lecture on EM Technology

• Lecture on EM Related Materials(EM Activated Solution(EMAS)

• (Hands-on) Making of EMAS

• Lunch break

• Lecture on EM Rice Wash (EMRW)

• (Demo) Making of EMRW

• Lecture on EM Fermented Plant Extract(EMFPE)

• (Demo) Making of EM FPE

• Lecture on EM-5 (Pests Repellent)

• (Demo) Making of EM-5

• Snack break

• Lecture on Bokashi (anerobic type)

• (Hands-on) Making of anaerobic Bokashi

• Lecture on Bokashi (aerobic type)

• (Hands-on) Making of aerobic Bokashi

• Lecture on EM Compost and Soil Bokashi- for seedling/potting mix

• EM mud balls - The key to eliminate fish kills, revive rivers, sludge treatment and sewage water treatment

• Recycling - from kitchen garbage to a very potent organic fertilizer

• (Hands-on) Kitchen garbage fermentation, Making EM bokashi mud balls and soil bokashi for nursery

• (Hands-on) Curing fish pond with EM mud balls

 2nd day

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

• Breakfast

• Lecture on EM Application – Vegetables and Orchard

• (Hands-on) Field application of fermented garbage, bokashi and EMAS

• Lecture on Diff families of Vegetables

• Lecture on Various seedling medium “potting mix” or nursery mix

• (Hands-on)  Seedling medium preparation

• Snack break

• Lecture on Seed Germination Techniques using EMAS

• (Hands-on) Seed sowing

• Lecture on Plant Care and maintenance – transplanting, trellising, pruning and harvesting

• Lecture on Plant Nutritional requirement- N, P, K.

• lunch break

• Various sources of N, P, K (organic inputs)

• (Hands-on) Plant care and maintenance – transplanting

• Snack Break

• Lecture on Integrated Pests Management

• Harvesting and Post Harvest Techniques

• (Hands-on) Harvesting of  high value vegetables and herbs

• Integrated Pests Management (IPM)

• Lecture-Vermi Culture

• (Hands-on) Preparation of worm housing and substrate making

 3rd  day

8:00AM - 5:00 PM

• Breakfast

• Lecture - Duckweed Culture

• Field visit to duckweed ponds and demo of duckweed as an alternative feed to fish, poultry and livestock

• Lecture on EM application – Natural Piggery

• (Hands-on) Feedstock Making for Natural Piggery

• Eco-tour to Majayjay Falls, Majayjay, Laguna

• Lunch at the Falls

• Lecture on EM application – Poultry

• (Hands-on) Feedstock Making for Natural Poultry

• Snack break

• Lecture on sales and marketing

• Sample production guide in growing vegetables

• Program for continuous vegetable production

• Discussion- Sample Integrated Natural Farm proposed layout

• Exam

• Awarding of certificates

• Departure

1-Day Weekend Seminar on EM Technology, Vermi Culture and Organic Gardening

Making of Effective Microorganisms Activated Solution (EMAS); Hands-on

Bokashi Production(aerobic and anaerobic); Hands-on

Botanical Pests Repellents; Hands-on

Fermented Liquid Fertilizers from the backyard; Hands-on

Practical Vermi Culture; Hands-on

How to convert a kitchen garbage into a very rich organic fertilizer; Hands-on

 

PHOTOS OF PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS

BATCH 1- FARMERS OF BRGY GAGALOT MAJAYJAY, LAGUNA

 

    

BATCH 2-FEDERATION OF FREE FARMERS(FFF)

    Our top graduates

BATCH 3 -CAMP BENJAMIN SPECIAL BATCH

Top Graduates

 

BATCH 4- AUGUST 24-26 SEMINAR

     Our Class Valedictorian

 

BATCH 5- SEPTEMBER 28-30 SEMINAR

 

BATCH 6-OCTOBER 28-30 SEMINAR

Our Summa cum Laude for this batch

BATCH 7 - NOV 25-28 SEMINAR

Our class topnotcher for this batch

 

Who could be the next topnotcher?

Book your tour or seminar  now!

(+63) 922-8424876(+63) 917-5442023
(+63) 917-5393080