The Hill Country Conservancy (HCC) and 18 of its partners, including a new collaborative group called the Texas Hill Country Conservation Network (the Network), recently received a $5.15 million pledge from the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), part of the USDA’s Natural Resources ... Read More
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Increasing Farm Profit by 85%
HMI Beginning Farmer Program Makes a Difference— Guest Blog By C.D. Pounds The 2013-14 Beginning Women Farmer program in Texas was the beginning of an empowering journey for myself and my family. I was excited to find that HMI was a community of like-minded folks from all over the world. When we ... Read More
Healthy Watersheds through Planned Grazing
If you haven't seen the video of the Dixon Water Foundation's profile for winning the 2017 Leopold Award, you should check out the article about their award and their work. Recently On Pasture interviewed Robert Potts, CEO of the Dixon Water Foundation and board member for HMI about their focus on ... Read More
Get Paid To Sequester Carbon in Texas
Ranchers in Texas may be interested in this article that originally appeared in Forbes.com. Written by Jeff McMahon, the article talks with Jim Blackburn, an environmental attorney and land planner in Texas, and his proposal to compensate ranchers and land owners to sequester carbon in the ... Read More
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
77 Ranch Open Gate A Hit With Farmers and Ranchers
A beautiful morning and Sue Price’s breakfast table greeted 45 guests for the Open Gate at the 77 Ranch in Blooming Grove, TX on October 21, 2017. In the shelter and shade of a tent, participants learned from a variety of experts involved in the ongoing research on the 77. After a welcoming talk ... Read More
Growing Together, Creciendo Juntos at The Texas Hispanic Farmer and Rancher Conference
Over 220 people converged on the historic Casa de Palmas Hotel in McAllen, TX for the first annual Texas Hispanic Farmer and Rancher Conference. The conference brought together the Hispanic farming community, agriculture industry individuals and advocates for sustainability. The conference ... Read More
New Texas HMI Certified Educator
HMI is excited to announce that Deborah Clark from Henrietta, Texas has recently completed four years of training to become an HMI Holistic Management Certified Educator. Deborah and her husband, Emry Birdwell, run a stocker operation of 5,000–7,000 head on the 14,000-acre Birdwell & Clark ... Read More
