By Spencer Smith. This article appeared in the November 2018 issue of Acres U.S.A.magazine. Read the full excerpt below. How I Became Interested in Dung Beetles I only recently became interested in dung beetles, largely because it has only been recently that we have had any to become interested in. As a rancher, I must create the
This article excerpt originally appeared in the May 2018 Vol 48, No. 5 issue of ACRES USA magazine. It is written by Abbey and Spencer Smith. Readers may view and download a full PDF of this article. Introduction to Carbon Farming Loren Poncia stands in front of a room full of farmers. The high ceilings of
The following Letter to the Editor was sent to the Eating Well magazine editorial team in response to an article by Barry Estabrook about regenerative agriculture. Allan Savory and our family’s ranch, Springs Ranch is featured in the article. The editor, Shaun Dreishbach, provided a thoughtful response. He also shared reader comments, which are listed below.
– This article first appeared in the July 2017 issues of ACRES USA Magazine. Written by Abbey and Spencer Smith In California, many farmers and ranchers are either drilling wells to get more water for their crops or putting in drain tile to remove water from their fields. It is not possible to make more
– This article first appeared in the June 2017 issue of ACRES USA Magazine. Written by Abbey and Spencer Smith In our courses and workshops, we meet many different livestock producers and graziers. We find that they come to our events to learn how to maximize livestock gains from forage. Holistic Management is an exciting
This article originally appeared in the May 2017 issue of ACRES USA magazine. It is written by Abbey and Spencer Smith, edited by Jody Butterfield. Readers may view and download a full PDF of this article. A key concept in Holistic Planned Grazing is recovery time. It is not about how many times cattle or
It was an honor to talk with Rodger, the host of the Farm to Table Talk podcast about the work of the Savory Global Network. Rodger writes: “Meat consumption has been blamed for climate change but what if this is completely wrong and instead increasing responsible livestock grazing and the meat consumption that goes with
Allan Savory, founder of Holistic Management and the Savory Institute offered California farmers and ranchers a free webinar on fire recovery and replanning. Allan’s work in Africa and other regions of the world provided him with deep experience in replanning grazing and other farm enterprises after fire loss. Spencer Smith, a Savory Field Professional and owner
The following post is written by Fallon Turner Stover, a California rancher and Savory Institute Professional Educator. She lives near Auburn, California. California oak trees are a fundamental and valuable asset to the Sierra Foothills where I live. About two and a half years ago, a local arborist came out to clean up some of
Food that makes us sick In a JeffersonHub.com post from spring of 2016, “Why healthy soil matters” we discussed the current state of our food system and analyzed why our population is in the condition of chronic illness that we find ourselves in. When we look at the data in the graph above we see
