RAPP 2026: Regenerative Ag for Augusta Margaret River Graziers

📅 2026 (RAPP 2026 program year) | 📍 Augusta Margaret River Shire, Western Australia, Australia | 🏷️ course

The Regenerative Agriculture in Practice Program (RAPP) 2026 is a structured, multi-component program aimed at grazing enterprises in the Shire of Augusta Margaret River that want to adopt ecologically based agricultural approaches. RAPP is designed for farm enterprises (two participants per enterprise) and combines formal workshops, on-farm peer learning, individual coaching and practical trials to support adoption of regenerative practices across grazing systems. The program’s curriculum includes a Whole Farm Planning course, a ‘Soil Health for Grazing Enterprises’ workshop, a Regenerative Grazing workshop, a ‘DIY Farm Fertility’ workshop, and a ‘Trees & Shrubs in Grazing Systems’ workshop, plus five on-farm peer group sessions. In addition, each participating enterprise receives one on-farm regenerative grazing coaching session and one soil & pasture health coaching session, a Total Nutrients soil test, and a $500 voucher toward biodiverse pasture seed or mobile fencing for trials. The program emphasises applicability to real farm contexts: eligibility requires the enterprise to be within the Shire boundaries and engaged or planning to engage in grazing, and the participation fee is heavily subsidised to $700 + GST per enterprise (with an estimated actual program value of $6,860 + GST per enterprise). RAPP 2026 is valuable for permaculture practitioners and graziers because it couples technical workshops with ongoing peer support and one-on-one coaching, enabling participants to co-design practical regenerative transitions tailored to their enterprises. Topics such as pasture biodiversity, soil and pasture health diagnostics, whole-farm planning, and on-farm trials align closely with permaculture ethics and design principles by focusing on system resilience, biodiversity enhancement and resource use efficiency. The combined mix of workshops, coaching, diagnostics and financial support for trialling biodiverse pastures means participants gain both knowledge and resources to implement changes and monitor outcomes over time.