Educate, Expand & Empower Yourself

There is a lot that goes into understanding soils… they are complex, with many variables. It’s no wonder so many producers never dig holes, or worse, spend thousands of dollars to apply unnecessary products or hire someone else to assess the health of their soil.

If you’ve been unsure about current on-farm/ranch practices and are looking to make sense of the endless recommendations that may not “add up,” these courses will give you the foundations to support you in making informed decisions about the health of your soil.

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    Soil Health Foundations

    Do You Ever Find Yourself Asking These Questions?

    How can I measure soil health? What are my underground livestock and how do I feed them? Is my water quality suitable for my needs? What does a healthy soil look, smell and feel like? How can I get rid of my weeds without using poisons? Then this is the program for you!

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    Fundamentos de la Salud del Suelo

    ¡Aprende a leer la salud de tu suelo como un profesional!

    Profundiza en conocimientos y habilidades prácticas para medir la salud de su suelo. La autora y experta en suelos, Nicole Masters, te guía a través de diferentes conceptos que redimensionan el potencial de conocimiento y disfrute presente en cada salida al campo.

    Master Your Soil Health: Spanish version

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    Soil Health Masterclass

    5 Hours of professionally filmed footage taken during a 3-day Masterclass. Deepen your understanding of soil health systems and diagnostics.

    Take the power back!

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    Soil Horse Course

    A horse is not a cow! Gain new knowledge and actions to improve soil health and turn your horse pastures into a nutritious salad bar for your beloved 4-legged friends.

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    Grazing for Life

    Deep dive into regenerative grazing and take your management to the next level by empowering underground livestock - soil microbes. Presented by Cody Spencer and Nicole Masters.

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    SHIFT: Online Training

    Build skills and tools to expand your leadership and impact. If you are looking to improve your communication skills or design programs that make a difference in your communities, take a leap into the neuroscience of change and working more effectively with people. This program can be applied to working within organisations or ranch/farming family businesses.

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What We Stand For ...

We have a culture of ecological organization and systems thinking with the people we work with. “As above, so below.”

The work we are in the world is the work we take on within the business, based on a foundation of integrity and connection in everything we do.

We are committed to supporting producers in taking their businesses to the next level. Through an emphasis on building adaptive, creative thinking and agroecological actions to lift the quality of food, profitability, community and personal health. 

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    Nicole Masters

    Nicole is a globally recognised agroecologist, speaker and author. She has over 22 years practical farming and food production experience, with 18 years of experience as a regenerative Ag coach and educator. Nicole is formally trained in soil science, organizational learning, pattern thinking, and adult education. She has worked closely with diverse production sectors from; dairy, sheep & beef, viticulture, compost, nurseries, market gardens, racing studs, lifestyle blocks to large-scale cropping. Working with such diverse clients has fostered a broad knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing different production systems. During many of her years as an educator, Nicole has been practically involved in food production.

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  • Meagan Lannan

    Meagan has the great pleasure to serve on Nicole Masters' international team of agroecological coaches that are training systems thinking, boots-on-the-ground ecological coaches to work with ranchers and farmers worldwide. Meagan is an animated, straightforward coach that sparks potential through curious questions to ignite crucial conversations that open gates for action. Her joy in coaching is working with an individual or team, with a story of challenges and transforming those into a reality of possibility and opportunity.  When not
    coaching humans, Meagan is calling cows. She and her husband own Barney Creek Livestock, a regenerative adaptive grazing operation in Montana's Paradise Valley in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem.