By Chris Kerston, Director of Market Engagement and Public Outreach, Savory Institute
On a postcard summer day, a few hundred mighty ungulates carelessly amble across a verdant landscape. Their heads hang
Read full text: “A little bit of a bloody big amount”, Mark Stevenson, chapter from the book An Optimist’s Tour of the Future (2011)
Excerpt:
“As part of the war effort, a young scientist is
Preface: When I wrote the original version of this in 2006, I showed it to a friend. He asked if I had read George Washington’s Farewell to the nation. I
Recently I receive this email from Juha Manninen in Finland, and I think both it, and my response, might help many people understand the roles of both a bit better.
Written by Lippa Wood, Savory Kenya Hub Leader
On the 28th of June 2018 we held a fundraiser for our hub and conservation project in the Maasai Mara in Kenya at
When setting out to farm, often the inspiration is a desire to live on the land, grow food, and be self-reliant. Here are a set of values and insights that
Everything eats and is eaten, and a main indicator of effective livestock grazing is watching the biodiversity increase and flourish in a balanced way. As a regenerative rancher I look
It would be impossible to describe civilization today without noting the enormous contribution of petrochemicals, all nonrenewable. In a few hundred years, we have burned through scores of millions of
The key difference between regenerative agriculture and sustainable agriculture is the intention to regenerate, or renew, the productivity and growth potential of whatever is being regenerated.
Sustainable practices, by definition, seek
In order to discuss the merits of High Density Grazing versus Holistic Planned Grazing, both must be defined.
High Stock Density Grazing (HSDG) is grazing livestock at a high density, in
When I talk to people in my professional circles about sustainability, I often find I have to field the question “What is sustainability?” Naturally, the canned answer is “meeting our
Written by Savory Institute CEO, Daniela Ibarra-Howell
For many years agriculture, or the production of food and fiber, has resulted in the massive degradation of billions of acres of land
So you’re interested in improving your holistic land management? Critical to the momentum in creating increasingly productive and diverse landscapes is to be able to OBSERVE what is going on
What do these three things have in common with Holistic Land Management? What exactly is the power of Holistic Management? What does holistically managed land look like? How can Holistic
The Savory Institute was represented at a recent agriculture and climate change conference in Sacramento, CA. The conference was hosted by C-AGG (Coalition on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases). C-AGG’s mission is
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