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Advanced Classes, Field Days, Management ClubsContact us today to learn how we can help you meet your goals.
Advanced ClassesWhat we teachHMI offers STEPS (Sustainability Training Equips Producers for Success) which covers more topics, effectively and efficiently, than any other course in agriculture. You will learn how to immediately begin creating an effective team with everyone working toward the same goals and objective standards to measure progress. You will learn critical communication, analytical and planning skills. Transferring these skills into actions will grow more grass, produce more animals, put These classes include, but are not limited to:1. Basic Ranch Management STEPS classes are interactive, involve hands-on activities and experiential learning on the land, thus creating expression through several learning modalities. This small group approach with constant interaction and direct application to your own situation makes learning meaningful and enjoyable.
Field DaysField Days
Field days may include an experienced HM practitioner. Other times, it's someone new to the land who is inviting us to share what we know with them. We went to a packing plant once to learn about grading meats. We often invite experts to teach a bit, but sometimes it is just the landowner and his team explaining why they have done what they have done, the mistakes they've made and what they have found that really works. We usually cater a nice meal, but sometimes it's potluck or a sack lunch. Tell us what you would like to see or where you would like to go and we will see if we can arrange it. Use the CONTACT US form to get in touch with us, or call our office at 505-842-5252. Management Clubs
Management Clubs
Regional Management clubs located all over the world have brought managers together with those likely to share some of the same social, economic and ecological challenges. The design of the clubs and what they actually do when they gather varies, since each club is designed by its members. The Red River Graziers, for example, meet at a different member's place each month. The host takes the group on a tour, pointing out the areas where he could use some ideas. Everyone chews on it while they chew on lunch (usually self-provided or potluck). The afternoon is then spent creating a list of practices that are working, those to stop doing and new ones to incorporate. We make it our policy to help new groups establish a management club right after a set of classes and field days. Participants in that type of event make good management club members, as they have the HM education in common and a geographic proximity that makes the meetings easier to attend. If you haven't participated in a club and would like to, e-mail us your interests and your location and we'll find a club for you or help you start one a new one. Become an active member of a management club near you today! |
Field days provide the opportunity to visit ranches, farms, prairies and other sites to see how others are meeting the challenges they face in managing.
It can get awful lonesome out there when faced with the challenges and opportunities of working with the land. But holistic land managers have a tool that not only provides someone to talk to who really understands what they're doing, but offers a social and practical network of problem solving and brain-storming along with the camaraderie of like-minded friends.