On October 7th and 8th HMI presented a Low Risk, Low-Cost Grazing Workshop to 33 participants who manage almost 35,000 acres. The event was hosted at the Dixon Water Foundation’s award-winning Leo Ranch, Betty & Clint Josey Pavilion, near Decatur in north Texas. In the risky and uncertain ... Read More
2021 REGENERATE Conference a Success
The hybrid 2021 REGENERATE Conference hosted by the American Grassfed Association, the Quivira Coalition, and Holistic Management International on November 3-4, 2021 was an unmitigated success with over 605 registering for the conference (in person and virtually), 26 workshops, and 8 field days ... Read More
HMI Developing LGBTQ+ Farmer/Rancher Online Course
HMI has been contracted by the University of New Hampshire to develop a Holistic Management Online Course for a cohort of LGBTQ+ farmers and ranchers. This course will cover key components of the Holistic Management® Framework including goal setting and on-farm/ranch decision-making, as well as key ... Read More
Lazy M Ranch Open Gate Report
Twenty-seven participants who manage 1.1 million acres from Wyoming, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Mississippi attended HMI’s Lazy M Ranch Open Gate near Angel Fire, New Mexico. The focus of this Open Gate was looking at how regenerative grazing practices can improve soil health and ... Read More
Ranney Ranch: Transfer Planning Lessons
I’ve known Nancy Ranney of the 18,000-acre Ranney Ranch near Corona, New Mexico for over 10 years and followed the work she has been doing on the Ranney Ranch for even longer. The Ranney Ranch sits at 6,200 feet in the rugged mesa and canyon country of the Gallo Canyon and was home to ancestral ... Read More
App Review: PictureThis
I had heard about the app, PictureThis, about a year ago as a tool for plant identification. In June I finally downloaded and tried it out. A friend had shown me the app on her phone and I was ready to pay the $19.99/year annual fee given how it performed out in the field. This app works on both ... Read More
Book Review: Redefining Rich
If you are looking for a feel-good book, I highly recommend Redefining Rich: Achieving True Wealth with Small Business, Side Hustles, & Smart Living by Shannon Hayes of Sap Bush Hollow Farm in upstate New York. Shannon is also the author of The Grassfed Gourmet and Radical Homemakers and is ... Read More
HMI Staff Changes
It is with great sadness that HMI announces that Kathy Frisch (Harris) has left HMI. Kathy has served on our staff since 2015, most recently as HMI’s Program Director. She has been a long-time Holistic Management practitioner and became an HMI Professional Certified Educator in 2015 after serving as ... Read More
