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
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
Welcome to Kansas: home of the (mostly) former perennial Tallgrass prairie and current corn, wheat and soybean crops I arrived in Kansas on a foggy January day. Driving from Kansas City to Salina, Kansas provided an introduction to the Eastern Kansas economy and landscape. I learned first of the Civil War —Kansas entering the Union
Kiss the Ground We are excited to announce that Kiss the Ground is sponsoring- Build Soil, Build Wealth. This collaboration will bring a regenerative agriculture course to Shone Farm, in Santa Rosa California. Kiss the Ground has been active in this space for a while and is a California-based 501(c)(3) environmental non-profit telling a new
Flood in the winter, drought in the summer This is a common enough thing to hear in seasonally dry environments, even farmers and ranchers will complain about too much rain in the winter and then lament about the long dry summers. Around here it’s California’s water scarcity problem that is often the topic of discussion. Few
