Being part of Women in Ranching is an amazing force of good in my life. Even before we were joined through the Women in Ranching circle at TomKat Ranch in Pescadero, California, Beth and Cole were two women who I deeply admired and respected. We met through our work with the Savory Institute, and the regenerative agriculture community
Join us as we embarked on our first ever Virtual Ranch Field Day!
Working with complex systems like land, requires a different approach to management, control and planning. And monitoring. The Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV) program is called the “scorecard for the land.” Developed by the Savory Institute with many global partners, it is a data-backed program that quantifies the health of the land. Lagging and leading indicators
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
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
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
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
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
Maezy tells us about her school project and what she’s learned about meat nutrition from our friend Diana Rodgers at https://sustainabledish.com/. Today I want to talk to you about the sacred cow. So here before me is a poster that Diana Rogers, a friend of mine, made on her website. She has eleven reasons why
