Because Soil Is Life
“Carbon is the currency of life. The rapid formation of carbon-rich topsoil is the greatest priority and opportunity of our time”– Rattan Lal, Ohio State University, awarded Nobel Prize Certificate.
Soil health is critical for our health and that of generations to come. There is no better practice for soil health than Holistic Management. In fact, Holistic Management has helped thousands of farmers, ranchers and land stewards around the world to create more healthy soil which provides many benefits including: improved water infiltration, carbon sequestration and wildlife habitat.
Take the time to dive into the amazing world of soil and learn how we can grow more topsoil to produce nutrient-dense food, creating healthy families, thriving communities and better wildlife habitat.
The First Millimeter: Healing the Earth
Holistic Management® Regenerates Grasslands
Understanding The Soil Surface
Sequestering Carbon in Agricultural Soils
Plants: A Bridge for Atmospheric & Soil Carbon
Soil Carbon Cowboys
The Soil Story
Our Amazing Grasslands ~ Perman Family, Lowry, SD
Research Articles & Soil Explained
Keith Weber, Idaho State University, Research On Holistic Planned Grazing and Water Infiltration
Richard Teague, Grazing Down the Carbon
Richard Teague, et al, Benefits of Multiple Paddock Grazing on Rangelands
SOS: Save our Soils
Holistic Management® Improves Soil Health
With greater understanding of the importance of life in the soil for soil health and for increased land productivity, more people are turning to Holistic Management as a management tool to achieve increased forage production, water infiltration, soil carbon and organic matter and a host of other attendant benefits. Read the articles below to learn more.
Erica Frenay, Shelterbelt Farm (New York)
Gabe Brown’s Regenerative Farming Practices (North Dakota)
Greg Judy (Green Pastures, Missouri)
Integrating Crops and Livestock for Profit (Kansas)
Shady Maple Farm (Idaho)
Springbockvley Farm (Namibia)—Increasing Plants and Diversity
The Wofford Ranch (Colorado)
Working with Carbon on the Ranney Ranch (New Mexico)
Improving Organic Matter and Pasture Performance while Maintaining Milk Production
Improving Ecosystems & Wildlife Habitat
Land owners, agency personnel, and agricultural producers interested in land conservation and wildlife have found Holistic Management to be a powerful tool for improving wildlife habitat. Through effective use of the Holistic Management decision-making process to create common ground on determining intended outcome for the land and effective use of tools, many people have significantly improved wildlife habitat and numbers and types of species. Likewise, Holistic Planned Grazing has proved a powerful tool to regenerate the land while taking into account wildlife needs.
77 Ranch – Managing Water as a Crop
Beef and Birds on Public Land (Nebraska)
The Birdwell-Clark Ranch—Improved Grazing Benefits Cattle and Wildlife (Texas)
Chico Basin Ranch (Colorado)
J Bar L Ranch – Managing for Biodiversity (Montana)
Las Damas Ranch (Chihuahua, Mexico)
Deseret Ranch—Managing Rangelands for Livestock & Wildlife (Utah)
Saving the Grevy’s Zebra (Kenya)
The Work Ranch—Managing for Cows & Wildlife (California)
Walking Between the Wild and the Back Forty (California)
Resilience on the Prairie Edge with Bison (South Dakota)
The Circle Ranch—Cows & Bighorn Sheep (Texas)
The Circle Ranch—Cows & Elk (Texas)
The Circle Ranch—Cows & Mule Deer (Texas)
The Circle Ranch—Cows & Pronghorn (Texas)
Holistic Management® of Wildlife (Texas)
Livestock Management for Co-Existing with Large Predators (Montana)
Dig Deeper
See How Fungi Absorb Nutrients
Invertebrates of the Soil Food Web
The Living Soil
Gabe Brown Soil Building Health
Heal the Soil to Feed a Growing World
Introduction to Pasture Cropping
Colin Seis on Pasture Cropping
More Coilin Seis on Pasture Cropping
Soil Critters
Soil Feeds Plants & Vice Versa
Farming with Nature – Living with the Land
NRCS Soil Health Theater
HMI Rangeland and Cropland Monitoring Videos
More Articles on The Relationship Between Soil Health and Holistic Management®
NRCS Adopts Holistic Management®
Living Soil—Why We Want to be Outnumbered
Grazing Improves the Species Diversity of Symbiotic Soil Fungi
Holistic Planned Cropping
Carbon Farming Brochure
Regenerating Landscape Function with Livestock
Cattle Management Can Improve Habitat and Prevent Global Warming
Adelene is a native of Arkansas and loves exploring the state’s natural trails. Her passion for education and technology led her to earn a master’s in learning systems technology from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. With her professional experience managing student/client databases and instructional design, Adelene will bring skill and understanding to her role as Office Manager & Instructional Designer at HMI. Her focus on making education more accessible to diverse communities is evident through her volunteer work as an executive director for a scholarship program and as a member of the student affairs committee. Adelene is devoted to creating educational opportunities that align with HMI’s mission to promote healthy, resilient lands and thriving communities.
