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
Meet Seth Nitschke from Open Space Meats. He is a grassfed beef rancher from the San Joaquin Valley of California. Like us, he and his family are deeply involved in ranching, community and family life. The Jefferson Center raised funds last year to provide a scholarship for one person to go through the Holistic Management
I had the pleasure of being the first guest on the new ACRES USA podcast called Tractor Time, hosted by Ryan Slabaugh. Spenncer and I are writing a series of four articles on Holistic Planned Grazing for ACRES USA this year. According to the ACRES USA website, the publication is, ” North America’s oldest publisher
Ross and Kelly McGarva hosting a Holistic Management workshop on September 3 at their ranch in Likely, California. The McGarva family has been practicing Holistic Management for 14 years. They are partnering with Abbey and Spencer Smith to offer this workshop. The Smiths are leaders of the Jefferson Center for Holistic Management, an accredited Savory
Scholarship funds: Running for regeneration The Jefferson Center is working on a fundraising campaign to create a scholarship program for new farmers and ranchers. So often, Spencer and I, through the Jefferson Center for Holistic Management, are approached by young, visionary, passionate new farmers without a land base or financial resources to get the Holistic Management knowledge
Work Study Program Chloe Burns, the outreach coordinator for the Tallgrass Network Savory Hub in Kansas, spent two weeks with us at the Jefferson Center as a work study program participant. Here she talks about the value of work study programs, what she gained from her time with us and why it is important to
Sarah Gleason,Marketing and Communications Director, at the Savory Institute asked the Jefferson Center and the Tallgrass Network in Kansas to create videos of their experience managing holistically. The videos are short, on-the-ground testimonials of our work. The videos will be used as part of the Savory Instiitue’s work with the United Nations Convention to Combat
– Guest post by Holistic Ag Grazier Ariel Greenwood On March 12th, Spencer Smith hosted a Jefferson Center workshop at Pepperwood Preserve on Holistic Management. I am resident grazier here at the Preserve, managing the day to day operations of year-round grazing more than150 head of cattle on this 3,200 acre land base. Holistic Ag, the company
The following is a guest post by Gabrielle Hathaway, College of Ag senior, California State University, Chico Exploring Regenerative Ag at Chico State Like most graduating college seniors, my future is a big “what if”, full of opportunity and confusion. As a student in the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico who is passionate
Opening night of the Savory Institute Artisans of the Grasslands Conference, Spencer and I hurried to find open seats as the ceremonies began. We had the good fortune of happening to sit next to a quiet, lean, sincere man from Boulder, Colorado. My husband is not one to remain strangers with anyone for long so
