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Owen Hablutzel --Whole Systems Transformations

go2owen@gmail.com January 23, 2016

2006 → today

Keyline® Design

P.A. Yeomans books available at Soilandhealth.org

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Fertile & Drought-Resilient Farms Yeobarnie Keyline

Integrated Farm

Layout

Working with

the Natural

Shape of the

Land

Nevallan Keyline

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Kencarly

INTEGRATES Grazing Systems, Timber-

Forestry, Gravity-Irrigation, Cropping, Fire-Risk

Management, Roads / Access, Infrastructure,

etc… using a whole-focused perspective, for

WHOLE LANDSCAPE FERTILITY

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“Every decision should be based on adequate consideration of the whole plan of development.” -P.A. Yeomans

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KSOP 1. Climate & Context

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KSOP 2. Geography & LANDSHAPE KSOP 3. Water

KSOP 4. Roads & Access KSOP 5. Trees & Agro-Forestries

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KSOP 6. Buildings & Structures KSOP 7. Fencing & Sub-division

KSOP 7. Fencing & Sub-division KSOP 8. Soils

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KSOP Planning Process works

All environments

All property scales KSOP 1. Climate & Context

KSOP 1. Climate & Context

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KSOP 2. Geography & LANDSHAPE

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KSOP 2. Geography & LANDSHAPE KSOP 2. Geography & LANDSHAPE

KSOP 3. Water KSOP 3. Water

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KSOP 3. Water

Water in Keyline

• Determines Land Development

• Sets Pattern for remaining Infrastructure

• Designed to land form

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Photos: Steve Vrooman

KSOP 4. Roads & Access

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Source: Ben Falloon – Taranaki Farm

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KSOP 4. Roads & Access KSOP 5. Trees & Agro-Forestries

Increasing

Perrenialism

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Source: Ben Falloon – Taranaki Farm

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KSOP 5. Trees & Agro-Forestries KSOP 6. Buildings & Structures

Plan for Permanence

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Plan for Permanence

and

Plan for Impermanence

KSOP 6. Buildings & Structures KSOP 7. Fencing & Sub-division

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KSOP 7. Fencing & Sub-division

Divide major natural land components

Flexibility

Know / test soils

Graze pre-Sub-

Soiling

Rip 2” below

Hardpan or Roots

Irrigate Flower onset graze

KSOP 8. Soils

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Yeoman’s

Plow

Ideal Soil

Life

Conditions

Fertile,

Biologically

Active Soils

Photo: Owen Hablutzel

Physical

Biological

Chemical

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Source: Mollison, ‘Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual’, Tagari, 1988

Australia Felix Permaculture – Compost Tea Subsoiler – Woodend - 2009

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Keyline Results – New

Mexico

July 2011 August 2011 photos: Steve Vrooman

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Keyline Results – COLORADO

irrigated pasture

NO Sub-soiling

Keyline Results - Brazil

Source: Luiz Paulo Piotto

Keyline Results - Brazil

Source: Luiz Paulo Piotto

Keyline Results – California

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Shifts back to Grass…

200 acres Deep Water Farm, NM Whirlwind 2007

O.Hablutzel

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3525 Tons atmospheric CO2

960 tons Soil Organic Carbon

114 Tons OM H2O

Source: Richard Perkins – Ridgedale Farm Source: Grant Schultz – Versaland

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Local to Global Solutions

Christine Jones suggests improving carbon storage

merely 1% on only Australia’s Ag Soils would

sequester the entire fossil fuel legacy load (amazingcarbon.com)

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