Holistic Management, Third Edition
Now in its third edition, Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment is the seminal work of Allan Savory and Jody Butterfield.
One Hundred Thousand Beating Hearts
A pioneering farmer in rural Georgia shares his journey from industrialized beef production to sustainable, humane agricultural and environmental stewardship.
The role of ruminants in reducing agriculture’s carbon footprint in North America
This paper determined that properly-managed grazing, if applied on 25% of our crop and grasslands, would mitigate the entire carbon footprint of North American agriculture. Better management of cropping and grazing practices in North America could draw down and sequester in soil 1.2 gigatons of carbon annually, equivalent to about 10% of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions.
About Holistic Planned Grazing
In this 2015 whitepaper, the Savory Institute details the various components of Holistic Planned Grazing (HPG), as well as the differences between HPG and other rotational grazing systems.
Climate Change, Healthy Soils and Holistic Planned Grazing: A Restoration Story
This whitepaper, authored by the Savory Institute in 2015, discusses how Holistic Planned Grazing, if applied across global grasslands, can contribute towards bringing atmospheric CO2 to pre-industrial levels.
Regenerative Capitalism
Defending Beef: The Case for Sustainable Meat Production
In Defending Beef, longtime vegetarian Nicolette Hahn Niman argues that cattle are not inherently bad for either the Earth or our own nutritional health. In fact, properly managed livestock play an essential role in maintaining grassland ecosystems by functioning as surrogates for herds of wild ruminants that once covered the globe.
The Potential of Restorative Grazing to Mitigate Global Warming by Increasing Carbon Capture on Grasslands
This white paper reviews the literature on soil organic carbon losses and potential gains through regenerative management. It finds that most literature is limited to areas considered in “agriculture” and that rangelands may be largely under represented both in terms of of losses and drawdown potential. It argues that with regenerative rangeland practices, such as Holistic Planned Grazing, the total capture of atmospheric carbon may be much higher than previously considered. An upward estimate of 88 to 210 gigatons (billions of tons) of carbon (88-210 GtC) representing a total drawdown of 25 to 60 tons per hectare on 3500 million hectares of grasslands worldwide is postulated as achievable through proper rangeland/grassland management.
Allan Savory’s TED Talk: “How to green the world’s deserts and reverse climate change”
Allan Savory’s famous 2013 TED Talk on the main stage.
For the Love of Land
For the Love of Land describes practical, proven methods for bringing degraded landscapes–grasslands, rangelands, savannas, and farmlands–back to life through mimicking natural migratory grazing patterns with domestic livestock.
