We’ve all read the dire statistics about the aging trend in agriculture. In New Mexico the average age has now reached 60 years. The good news is there is a 50% increase in farmers under the age of 34. Casey Holland is one of those new young farmers committed to learning how to make a living farming ... Read More
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Healing Soil Heals Family Farms
HMI board member, Jonathan Cobb, was recently featured on ABC Holistic Management grassfed beef producer and HMI board member, Jonathan Cobb, was recently featured in an ABC News Food Forecast segment with Ginger Zee on how grassfed beef is created through good land management practices ... Read More
Growing a Revolution through Building Soil
Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life is the latest book by author David Montgomery who has also written The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health and Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations. If you are interested in soil and regenerative agriculture, this book is ... Read More
Soil Health Epidemic an Economic Issue?
Long-time Holistic Management practitioner and consultant Walt Davis wrote an article on the Beef Producer website titled "We've Been Plowing Our Lives Away" in which he makes a very interesting point: We now know how to take care of soil, yet many producers are still not making that change. Walt ... Read More
Lawmakers Recognize the Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture
At HMI, we’ve watched as the demand for healthy, local, nutrient-dense food has grown in the last few years. Today, demand is higher than ever before, with both food producers and food distributors working hard to meet that demand, which is good for all of us. Why? Because regenerative ... Read More
Learn about Holistic Adaptation for Only $5
The September 2017 issue of HMI's In Practice is now available for download for only $5. Each article offers insight into how you might holistically adapt your farm or ranch to bring on the next generation or address critical issues you face. Whether you are a farmer, rancher, gardener, ... Read More
Cover Crops Well Worth Investment
According to a recent article on the Mother Jones website, the $24 million paid to farmers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to plant cover crops in 2015 is estimated to provide $22 billion in ecosystem benefits to that area (says the Chesapeake Bay Foundation). These benefits include improved ... Read More
Exclusive Gabe Brown Workshop
HMI is excited to be collaborating with Kaesebier Farm of Elkhart, Illionis and the Soil Health Partnership in offering a full-day workshop on August 28th with Gabe Brown titled: “Putting the Farm Back in Farming." The cost is only $50 per person and the workshop is limited to 75 people. The first ... Read More
