**Scholarships Available** There is no doubt these are challenging and uncertain times. Many producers are concerned that the slim margins they have struggled with for years will grow even more challenging with closed markets, closed meat processing plants, and challenging weather. A recent ... Read More
Holistic Soil Health Champions
Guest Blog by Christina Allday-Bondy One of the unifying themes of Holistic Management is care for the soil. In biological monitoring we check (among other things) the percent bare ground, evidence of animals, hints of soil movement/erosion, changes in plant species and numbers of perennials. ... Read More
Learn to Adapt
What's Happening on Our Farm A guest blog from Lydia Carpenter at Luna Field Farm in Belmont, Manitoba and HMI Holistic Management® Certified Educator in Training Wian moved some of the young cows up to the yard to sort them for spring calving. Calving will start mid April and go until ... Read More
Australian Holistic Management® Restoration Story
Long-time Holistic Management practitioners Chris and Jacqueline Henngeler, from Kachana Station in the Northern Territory of Australia, recently shared their Holistic Management journey in a blog titled "Natural Capitalism and an Economy Driven by Sunshine". This blog was a presentation that ... Read More
A Holistic Response to a Crisis Like COVID19
On a “normal” day people make hundreds of decisions. Because they are “routine” decisions, we don’t really think about them. They are part of our daily “policies and procedures.” It may be that we stop for a cup of coffee at a certain coffee shop or we stop at the gym in the evening. In the ... Read More
Resilience = Increased Profitability
Recent research conducted by South Dakota State University (SDSU) in collaboration with the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service indicates that producers whose production practices include building soil health are 158% more likely to have a ... Read More
HMI RECEIVES GRANT FROM FARM AID
HMI was awarded a $6,000 grant from Farm Aid to help us expand our programming to help us educate family farmers, ranchers, and pastoralists in regenerative agricultural practices that empower them to strengthen their businesses, produce healthier food, improve wildlife habitats, and protect the ... Read More
Lazy M Ranch–A Regenerative Agriculture Experiment
In 2013 Shawn Howard was ready for a change. He had worked in the construction industry for 17 years, but when the construction company he had been working for left town, he bought a local coffee shop, Elevation, in Taos, New Mexico that was for sale. But as a man who likes to work with his hands, ... Read More
