A recent article in the Washington Post highlighted the shocking statistic that 7% of Americans thought that chocolate milk came from brown cows. Unless you think this is a bunch of second graders responding to this question, the statistic comes from an online survey of adults conducted by the ... Read More
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5 Is the Magic Cover Number
In an article titled "Soil Carbon is King " published in the Western Star, Graeme Sait focuses on how more people need to understand how soil carbon is critical to reducing the excess carbon in the atmosphere. Even if we stop all emissions, there is still too much carbon in the atmosphere for the ... Read More
Holistic Management Can Make It Rain?
For so long, agricultural producers have been trained to believe they have no control over the weather. But new satellite data reported in The Beef Producer shows that good plant cover means that more water remains in the soil which results in more rain. And the more effective the water cycle is ... Read More
Land Management Training in Paicines, California helps Farmers and Ranchers Create the Life They Want
The Paicines Ranch in California graciously hosted HMI’s series of Whole Farm/Ranch Land Management workshops for those interested in learning how to manage land, people, and money, holistically. Training took place starting in March through April of 2017. The 15 Participants included a diverse ... Read More
Soil Carbon Increases by over 130%
A recent blog on the Beef Magazine website highlights the research by Dr. Richard Teague of Texas A&M Agrilife and Dr. Allen Williams. Teague's research in Texas compares the soil health and function of heavily conventionally grazed, lightly conventionally grazed, and adaptive multi-paddock ... Read More
Healthy Environments and Economics
A recent article on the Phys Org website notes that managing an ecosystem as a whole will improve the environment and the economy of whatever natural resource is being managed. When scientist Robert Paine first examined the ecosystem of a tidal pool in the 1970s and brought to light the concept ... Read More
Rough Stone Ranch Day a Hit Despite Chilly Weather
46 participants from the Navajo Nation, Flagstaff area, Colorado, Northern New Mexico and California attended Rough Stone Ranch Day, on May 18th. The majority of the day was spent discussing the challenges and successes experienced by hosts Ernest and Edwina Diswood on their 7,000 acre ranch south ... Read More
Sickness from the Soil
Dr. Christine Jones (aka. The Carbon Goddess) provides a compelling case for why our healthcare system is collapsing--our agricultural soils are no longer providing the trace minerals we need to keep our immune systems functioning properly. In this short video, Dr. Jones, who was one of the first ... Read More
