When do you know if hiring outside Holistic Management consultants is right for you? When should you heed the advice of an expert in creating the ideal land base that you desire? These are important questions that need to be asked before you pay for someone else’s opinion. Experts I have had the opportunity to
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
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
For my birthday this year, I treated myself to a weekend of a half marathon in beautiful Indian Valley, followed by a seven mile hike up the face of Grizzly Mountain in Genesee Valley. It was a weekend I will never forget– one filled with camaraderie, celebration, challenge, and most importantly, feeling a true connection
The Savory Global Network visits Meg’s Spot May 28, 2016 Saturday 9:50 am Dimbangome This morning’s run was the first time we saw wildlife not just tracks on the run. Mike, Bjorn (who is the tall man from Sweden, who the locals call “giraffe”) and I trotted off without Tre who was helping with filming logistics
The following is the second in a series of posts about Maezy, my daughter’s, first trip to Africa and my third trip for a Savory Global Network training. She is five years old. The Savory Institute invited her, and other family members of staff, to join the team and Savory Network hub leaders in Zimbabwe at
The following is the first in a series of posts about Maezy, my daughter’s, first trip to Africa and my third trip for a Savory Global Network training. She is five years old. The Savory Institute invited her, and other family members of staff, to join the team and Savory Network hub leaders in Zimbabwe
Global Jellybeaning Each year, since Maezy, my daughter, was born we have a mommy-daughter “jellybeaning” trip. Jellybeaning was coined by my grandmother to mean: fun, silly, purely for the sake of enjoyment. Growing up, jellybeaning trips were usually vacations to San Francisco where we Nani’s country grandkids got a little “culture,” in the form of theatre,
This post is written by Holistic Management Educator Spencer Smith. I recently had the distinct opportunity to attend the Positive Pastures gathering, held by A Greener World, at Cavallo Point in Sausalito Calif. It was an excellent opportunity to meet and discuss some of the largest issues that farmers and consumers are facing today. Some
This post is written by Holistic Management Educator Spencer Smith. Regenerative Agriculture in the spotlight Regenerative Agriculture is sure getting a lot of attention these days, with the COP21 discussions in Paris and around the world, focused on climate change, food security and extreme weather. There are a lot of eyes on agriculture today, and we need to