Conference Speaker Videos Allan Savory – Grazing in Nature’s Image Tony Malmberg – How to run more livestock on public land Bill Burrows – Livestock’s place in the healthy forest ecosystem Dr. Christine Jones – An Australian …
Grazing for Change conference speaker and host: Abbey Smith, owner and operator of the Jefferson Center for Holistic Management
Abbey Smith serves the Savory Network as their network coordinator. She is also owner and operator of the Jefferson Center for Holistic Management with her husband, Spencer. The Jefferson Center is an organic cattle ranch and Savory Network Hub in …
Spencer Smith, owner of the Jefferson Center for Holistic Management
Spencer Smith is owner and operator of the Jefferson Center for Holistic Management with his wife, Abbey. He is an accredited Savory Field Professional. He travels throughout Northern California and Nevada (and as needed to other regions) conducting Holistic Management …
Grazing for Change conference speaker and host: Dr. Cyndi Daley, CSU College of Ag Professor
Dr. Cynthia A. Daley completed her BS in animal science at the University of Illinois and her PhD at the University of California, Davis in 1997. Aside from her duties in the classroom, committee work and advising, Dr. Daley created …
Grazing for Change conference speaker: Richard King, Holistic Management instructor, rangeland manager
Richard’s professional career with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service includes 36 years of experience as a rangeland specialist, ecologist, and biologist. His work included training co-workers and assisting landowners with restoration or enhancement of rangelands, wetlands, cropland, chaparral, forests, …
Grazing for Change Master of Ceremony: Chris Kerston, Savory Institute director of marketing and communication
Chris Kerston has been grazing cattle for over a decade. With a longstanding passion for alternative agricultural models, Chris has dedicated much of his life to helping connect ranchers with consumers in ways that create real value for both parties. …
Grazing for Change Conference Speaker: Robb Wolf, author The Paleo Solution
Robb is a former research biochemist and the New York Times Best Selling author of The Paleo Solution – The Original Human Diet. A student of Prof. Loren Cordain, author of The Paleo Diet, Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands …
Grazing for Change Conference Speaker: William Burnidge, Ecologist, Eastern Colorado Program Director for the Colorado Nature Conservancy
William Burnidge is the Grasslands Program Director for the The Nature Conservancy. William leads the work of the Conservancy’s Colorado Chapter to develop and disseminate comprehensive land management planning tools designed to assist livestock managers to improve outcomes across the …
Grazing for Change Conference Speaker: James Komar, Area Resource Soil Scientist, NRCS, Redding, Calif.
James Komar holds a bachelor’s degree in Forest Resources Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a master’s degree in Forest Soils, with an emphasis on water quality, from the University of Missouri-Columbia and Texas A&M University. Jim …
Grazing for Change Entertainment: Cowboy Poet Kent Reeves
KENT REEVES has been invited and performed at various Cowboy Poetry gatherings and events in Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, and New Mexico. He was the first person to recite American cowboy poetry in Kenya and South Africa. He began …