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Unit of Study AGRC5001 - Regenerative Agricultural Principles and Practice (2022)

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  • Enrolment information

    There will be a non-compulsory, 4-day industry tour for all students. The tour will leave from the Lismore campus. All students participating in the tour will need to pay a contribution ($300 in 2022) towards accommodation by the end of week 1. Places on the Industry Tour may be limited.

Unit description

Examines a range of alternative farming approaches and systems in relation to their geographical, social, economic and climatic context. Students will explore and critique a range of regenerative agricultural practices aimed at improving soil health and farm productivity, including agroecological design, organics, cropping, livestock management approaches and Indigenous agriculture. Key components of farming systems across different farming contexts will be evaluated.

Unit content

  1. Principles of regenerative agriculture in the Australian context
  2. Regenerative cropping systems
  3. Regenerative grazing systems
  4. Regenerative horticulture
  5. Organics and biodynamics
  6. Nutrient cycling and circular economies

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Lismore
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Online
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Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

explore and explain the underpinning principles and practices of regenerative agriculture, including agroecological design

evaluate the factors that can constrain or enable farming systems in relation to the principles of regenerative agriculture

critically evaluate a range of alternative farming systems, through practical experience in horticulture, integrated livestock, cropping, organics and permaculture

create a project relating to an alternative farming system as part of a team

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Bruce Pascoe, 2017, Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident? (This is a free, unlimited E book for SCU students), Magabala Books. ISBN: 1922142433.
  • Gabe Brown, 2018, Dirt to Soil, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, US. ISBN: 9781603587631.

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.