Abbey and Spencer’s holistic management presentation at the Plumas Sierra Cattlemen’s Association meeting Spencer explains grazing timing and animal impact Spencer entertains, as usual Thank you to the Plumas Sierra Cattlemen’s Association, especially Carolyn and Rick Roberti, for allowing us …
How Holistic Planned Grazing Works
We know that at previous points in history drastically more grazing animals existed in wild roaming herds and the planet did not suffer from the negative issues such as climate malfunction and land degradation that are pinned on livestock today.This …
The Kenyan Savory Hub
Meet our Kenyan counterparts and new friends the Wood family. They are also in the hub accreditation process with us. We have a lot in common as parents of young children–but their children see zebra, giraffe, elephants when they go …
First holistic planned grazing workshop
Spencer is in Boulder, Colorado today finishing up his first workshop on holistic planned grazing. He is so excited about all he is learning. He met up with Dr. Cindy Daley from Chico State College of Ag, who is also …
New holistic management friends at the Sagebrush Sea
We made new friends in Southwestern Idaho. Rachel wrote a lovely post about our project on her blog The Sagebrush Sea. She is a wonderful writer and captures the “cowboy-girl” life so well. This project has connected us with so …
Why we believe in holistic management
Our friends and family were the first to support us in our new venture of bringing Savory Institute accredited holistic management practices to our region. Hear in their own words why they support this work: California Ranchers, the Kingdon Family: …
Why holistic management matters
Spencer and I, in our own words, explain why we are making significant changes to our own lives to bring a holistic management learning center to Northern California and the Western Great Basin:
How to grow more grass
Here is a video that explains why Spencer and I believe holistic management is vital to the future of farms, ranches and land in general:
Savory Hub step one is getting to Africa and Colorado
This year 90 applications from 25 countries were submitted to the Savory Institute in hopes of bringing a Savory Hub to their region. My husband, Spencer, and I were one of those applicants. We described a learning center and demonstration ranch called …