Virtual Ranch Field Day
Join us as we embarked on our first ever Virtual Ranch Field Day!
Read and download the full ACRES USA Magazine article
Read and download the full article published in ACRES USA Magazine
Use Holistic Planned Grazing to manage livestock and wildlife for the benefit of both.
Get hands-on Holistic Management experience at our Springs Ranch property.
April 24, 25 and 26, 2020. The course covers the foundations of Holistic Management, holistic decision-making and is a comprehensive study of the methods, tools and techniques of Holistic Planned Grazing.
Join us as we embarked on our first ever Virtual Ranch Field Day!
By Spencer Smith. This article was also published in Acres U.S.A. Holistic Planned Grazing is defined as a pillar of regenerative agriculture. It is one of the most beneficial actions to improve ecosystem function, and soil health, on a farm or ranch. However, it is not quite as simple as just adding graziers to the system and expecting …
It is easy to understand how farmers and ranchers get paid for products coming off of land. It’s happened since agriculture began. A product is produced from the land and sold for money or traded for goods. Got it. But what does it look like when farmers and ranchers are paid for products coming into the land, …
Regenerative Food Network Webinar Hosted by Jesse McDougall and Abbey Smith I met Jesse McDougall a few years ago, when Judith Schwartz, author of Cows Save the Planet and Water in Plain Sight recommended I reach out to Studio Hill Farm in Vermont to learn about their regenerative practices and to explore joining the Savory Global Network. Given Judith’s descriptive review of the farm, …
By Abbey Smith Looking at a bright patch of blooming dandelions this spring, I thought of a conversation I had with a Savory hub leader, Katie, who is working in Fiji to cultivate a local breadfruit enterprise. “Sometimes I think the trees are laughing at us,” Katie said. Imagine what it is like from their perspective, she …
By Hannah Curcio The LFX has shown us how important local food is, especially given the unprecedented disruption caused by COVID-19. While people in our country count on food showing up on trucks, here in Surprise Valley we have fresh food delivered to the Modoc Harvest office every week, as well as fresh food growing in …
Virtual Ranch Field Day 5 PM PT | August 14, 2020 Event Description: The Jefferson Center is experimenting with healthy soils. In our Great Basin region of vast rangelands, pastures and more cattle than people (at least in Modoc County), what practices create healthy soil? Which are realistic and economical for the farmer or rancher? We are engaged …
Ecological Monitoring and Land Planning Course, June 25, 26, 27, 28, 2020, Springs Ranch, Fort Bidwell, CA
Holistic Planned Grazing Course, July 10, 11, 12, 2020 Springs Ranch, Fort Bidwell, CA
Holistic Financial Planning Course, October 23, 24, 25, 2020, Springs Ranch, Fort Bidwell, CA
Browse the latest developments in Holistic Management and regenerative agriculture through our bookstore.
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