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OFA National Organic Conference
 

The Organic Federation of Australia, a key CORE collaborator, is hosting The Third OFA National Organic Conference at Darling Harbour, Sydney, Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 July 2006 in conjunction with the Organic Expo.The conference will look at ways of reducing the 25% of Australia's greenhouse gases created by Agriculture.

 

The Conference will feature keynote speakers who will show how best practice organic systems reduce green house gases and can reverse some of the causes of climate change. It will focus on two main areas:

  1. Organic Soil Carbon - How to sequester greenhouse gases to increase humus and other soil organic compounds, soil health, organic soil nutrition, water retention, disease suppression and the quality and quantity of farm yields
  2. Efficient and low input farming systems - How to reduce greenhouse gas outputs through efficient and low input farming systems. This is a critical section as these systems and techniques will also result in substantial savings in farmers’ production costs.
  3. Surviving Climate Change - Research showing how organic farming systems are more resilient to the predicted weather extremes will help producers plan, implement and adapt so they can continue to produce quality produce.
 
Keynote speakers include Dr Elaine Ingham and David Holmgren. Dr Elaine Ingham is one of the worlds leading experts on using composts and compost teas to improve soil fertility and food quality. She will hold a workshop on the morning of July 23 showing how to composting can sequester carbon into the soil and reverse the 25% of Australia's greenhouse gases created by Agriculture. David Holmgren, along with Bill Mollison was a founding author of permaculture. David will present an overview on how all of us can take an active role in reversing climate change through our lifestyle choices.
 
Another significant feature will be workshops on Day 2 facilitated by experts in organic and biodynamic farming systems on the best methods to increase soil organic matter to achieve better soil structure, steady nutrient release, better water retention, superior soil drainage, aeration and reverse soil loss.
 
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