Holistic Management gives us the power to regenerate grasslands from an ecological, economic, and social perspective, and while regenerating Earth’s desertifying global grasslands is our mission here at the Savory Institute, Holistic Management is so much more than just grazing.
Holistic Management is about managing complexity.
The natural world is comprised of beautifully- and infinitely-complex adaptive living systems––land, animals, people, plants, fungi, and more all interconnected and in relationship––and the way we manage decisions amidst complex living systems matters.
In this modern, industrial era, we have all been taught from an early age to reduce a problem down to its simplest components. This works for machines and other “complicated” systems whose individual parts can be fully defined, but when biology enters the picture, so too must humility and a shift from “control” to “cooperation.”
Holistic Management provides a framework for decision-making amidst complexity––rooted in the fundamentals of ecosystem processes––and with a suite of planning procedures that include planned grazing, land planning, financial planning, and ecological monitoring.
All together, Holistic Management equips us to understand the “whole” we are managing (not controlling) and make decisions that bring forth abundant outcomes, regenerating life for all involved.