Herding Academy RGA offers 

online training courses 

and Living Classroom

 Herding Academy (RGA) is a education agribusiness focused on regenerative education

Knowledge is useless - - - - - unless you share it.

Herding Academy RGA now operates from our newly purchased privately owned farm (late 2024)

Supported by our parent agribusiness - Regenerative Grazing Australia

 Herding Academy (RGA) Goals are to demonstrate and share how to profitably manage land, to protect, preserve and regenerate the natural environment - Increase Landscape Function and Biodiversity outcomes while sharing knowledge to next generation how to do this and set them up for a good start in life.

Inspired by some pioneers which  are some of my mentors: 

Graeme Hand (Hand for the Land is one of Australia’s leading Holistic Land Management and Training Consultancies) 

and university degree Ecological Agriculture coarse leader Kerry Cochrane  (The Australian Institute of Ecological Agriculture [IEA]) 

and my loyal team of working stockdogs and of coarse my family and friends. 

Following on great inspiring words Kerry introduced to me is a quote from John Ikerd. 

(world renowned author, speaker & leader in sustainability) 

Agriculture sustainability is a goal rather than a specific set of farming practises or methods. 

Sustainability, as a goal, implies some basic principle and characteristics of sustainable systems. 

A sustainable agriculture must be 

ecologically sound, economically viable, and socially responsible - 

-all are necessary and none sufficient. 

Short run profitability is necessary, but not sufficient, to ensure long run sustainability. 

In the sustainable paradigm, the environment and society are not seen as "constraints" to profitability, but are seen as essential prerequisites to long run economic viability. 

The sustainable paradigm balances economic, environmental, and social concerns in moving toward systems which can sustain a desirable quality of human life on Earth indefinitely. 

John Ikerd.

Special Offer starting mid 2025G

Herding Academy (RGA)  - Living Classroom: is sponsoring two students per year for Living Classroom, offering a live on farm - 12 months work experience while studying our 12 months online course. 

(west of Tenterfield NSW Australia)

Also available coming soon is Herding Academy (RGA)  online coarse, to study at your home in 2026 for Australian and International students and farmers at your own pace.

Regenerative Grazing Australia is at the forefront of a revolutionary approach to economical- social - environmental regeneration factors: leveraging the power of professional modern land herding & Landscape Function Planned Grazing Management to restore diversity across multiple factotrs 

We believe that by combining traditional knowledge with modern ecological inspired regenerative knowledge & practices, we can transform landscapes and create thriving ecosystems for both wildlife and our communities. 

Herding Academy (RGA) (online coarse)

& Living Classroom. 

Stepping Stone Impact 

Available on offer are Online Education Coarses from September 2025 

 Three Core Subjects below:

You will have opportunuity learn at your own pace, interest and needs: 

Advanced Certificate Core Subject

 1. Landscape Function Planned Grazing 

• world leading approach of Landscape Function Planned Grazing which will be the catalyst to drive high level regeneration of farm.
• Landscape Function Planned Grazing Management & Holistic Management.
• Restoration of degraded ecosystems and creation of increased biodiversity outcomes
• Increased plant species richness and wildlife habitat restoration. 
• Enhanced soil fertility and water retention. 
• Reduced human-wildlife conflict. 
• Empowered communities and improved livelihoods of farmers – stockpersons -and wider community through to consumers 

Advanced Certificate Core Subject 2. 

Herding with Working Dogs

Working Dog education & care.

Natural Stockmanship.

Advanced Certificate Core Subject 3. 

Off Grid Living

 Herding Academy Minor Certificate Modules available in 2026

Livestock Management: cattle, sheep, goats & guardian dogs

Property Planning.

Introduction To Holistic Management

Introduction To Natural Sequence Farming

Introduction to Cultural Indigenous Cool Season Burning.

Herding Academy - Living Classroom.

Regenerative Grazing Australia  only can afford to sponsor two students for Living Classroom per year for the 12 month coarse of Living Classroom education program.

So if you want to do Living Classroom education program, please email us a letter why you would like to do this. If you are like me when I was young and had trouble putting things in writing, please call me or text me (if I am outback and out of reception, I will call you back when I get in to discuss your needs.

Services  Regenerative Grazing Australia Offers to Community:

From our private owned agribusiness, Regenerative Grazing Australia, we operate on a private owned farm the following enterprises west of Tenterfield (Northern NSW Australia)

1. Regenerative Grazing Australia (RGA)- community knowledge, information, events portal platform 
2. Regenerative Grazing Australia R&D and Innovation farm
3. Herding Academy RGA offers online education courses 
4. Herding Academy RGA  Living Classroom. Living Classroom is sponsored by Regenerative Grazing Australia offers a 12 month practical work experience and three core subjects of Herding Academy RGA over this period.
5. Life's Good Working Dogs. A Breeding & Training and Education Centre
6. A Regenerative Livestock Grazing Enterprise (RGA) Custom Grazing Long Term Contracts regenerating local farms Landscapes Natural Capital 

Scroll down or up to top for more chapters for more info and video's from recommended documentaries Regenerative Grazing Australia

This Month we we look at Herding & Shepherding in other countries around the world.

. RAISING SHEEP IN FRANCE ⛰️ | Regenerative Agriculture in the French Alps Europe Sheep Farming  Lennart and his wife Graze their flock in French alps in the Savoie region of France for 5 months, during the warmer summer season and part way into autumn. As winter approaches, they transhume, or migrate their flock to the Cévennes region for the remaining 7 months. The Cévennes is a warmer climate and provides better weather for wintering the flock.   Lennart was born in Berlin, Germany. His first exposure to agriculture was at 18 years old in New Zealand: a time period during which he fell in love with farming and became determined to make it his occupation.  Lennart spent a year in conventional Shepherd school, but was ultimately drawn to the world of Regenerative agriculture and holistic management. He trained with the Savory institute as well as ranching for profit, even traveling as far as Wyoming in the USA for education on grass-based management. Lennart is not a land owner.   He leases 1000 hectares which translates to roughly 2,500 acres, one hectare equaling about 2.5 acres. This is split between 500 hectares in the alps, which he leases from the French government, and 500 hectares in the Cevennes region, which he rents from a private land owner. The latter land resource requires significant effort in human relations to maintain.  With respect to his private contract grazing business, which is separate from the income he earns from French subsidies, Lennart used Facebook to make the initial contacts necessary to form the grazing cooperative.  Lennart raises a variety of meat breeds. The transition from conventional management where they were housed in barns or conventional pastures,  to full time grazing terrain like the Alps was an adjustment for Lennarts initial flock.   Lennart and his wife earn a full time income shepherding. The income streams are two-fold, one source of income being the grazing cooperative, wherein he manages other flocks for a salary, and the second stream being agricultural subsidies from the French government.  Lennart explains how selling livestock in France is much different than in the USA, where American ranchers have a variety of auction houses and sale barns through which they can sell their sheep and cattle.  Managing regenerative grazing in the alps looks somewhat different than doing so on open pastures. Lennart uses night paddocks for his flock, confining them overnight, then allowing them to graze the surrounding area during the day. He uses herding dogs to manage the flock, directing the sheep toward and away from specific areas based on the amount of rest and recovery still necessary for each. 

The Shepherdess  access the 24 minute tour HERE (free): https://bit.ly/SHEEPinFrance Buy the Basics of Raising Sheep on Pasture: https://bit.ly/ShphrdssBOOKFollow Lennart on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendly_fl... 

 🔹FOLLOW MY FARM ON INSTAGRAM:   / harmonyfarms.shepherdess  🔹FOLLOW MY FARM ON FACEBOOK:   / harmonyfarmsdorpers   IN THIS VIDEO: Sheep farming in FRANCE Regenerative Farming in Europe Sheep farming for beginners Rotational grazing ALPINE SHEPHERDING meat sheep  Join the Shepherdess Newsletter: http://bit.ly/ShepherdessNWSLTRSHOP MY MERCH: http://bit.ly/ShepherdessMERCHSupport my Channel on PATREON: http://bit.ly/ShepherdessPatreonREAD MY BLOG: http://bit.ly/ShepherdessBLOGFOLLOW MY INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/ShepherdessIG About this Channel:   This channel chronicles my journey as a sheep farmer from the very beginning.  My primary occupation is in business management.  In 2020, I discovered the principles of regenerative agriculture and embarked on a journey with the end goal of building a profitable small farm on 23 acres by 2027.  Thank you for joining the journey!

Thankyou Shepherdess for sharing and inspiring others

This Month we we look at Herding & Shepherding in other countries around the world.

Sep 15, 2025 

Show Me the World

High in the Swiss Alps, shepherds rise with the sun and move with the mountains. Their days are filled with herding and timeless routines. This is a portrait of tradition, resilience, and life in harmony with nature. 

 Director: Claudia Ruby Original title: Paradise Preserved - Switzerland

Thanks for sharing your culture & knowledge

This Month we we look at Herding & Shepherding in other countries around the world.

Grassfed Exchange  Aug 19, 2016 

Also Book highly worth reading

 This in-depth, multi-authored work originally published in France takes readers deep into traditional world of shepherds. Far from a nostalgic glimpse into a romanticized lifestyle, this book teaches how this sophisticated art and set of tangible skills has application in modern, North American range/livestock management. 

Through academic study and analysis and in-depth interviews with master shepherds readers will be amazed by the deep connection between the nutritional need for animals to feed, the powers of observation used by the shepherds to effectively care for and manage large herds, and how the traditional moving of the animals is more fitting to many landscapes than even the most progressive rotational grazing and movable fencing systems. The compilation carries enough weight to dazzle the most ardent student and enough real-world know-how to equip the 21st-century herdsman with new insights and philosophies. 

by Michel Meuret (Author), Fred Provenza (Editor), Bruce Inksetter (Translator)