Posts tagged with "profitable land management"

In a previous blog, I wrote about Holistic Management International board member Sallie Calhoun’s observations that human ingenuity could help ecosystems be more resilient. I love this concept that humans are agents of solutions and more emerging solutions, rather than primarily creators and perpetrators of problems. For one thing, it sounds way more fun and rewarding and inspiring. For another, I like the idea Read more

Did you know that a native perennial grass plant can live hundreds of years? And that they can sequester significant amounts of carbon? Unlike the annual grasses that cover most of our lawns and pastures, native grasses’ roots can be 15 feet deep. Skillful management of grazing – as taught through systems like Holistic Management – support healthy carbon and soil cycles. Sustainable grazing causes the grasses t Read more

Quiz: Might you possess the perspicacity to understand just how seductive (biologically significant and profitable) grasslands are? Or might you consider grasslands a cow’s lunch waiting to happen? I live in British Columbia, Canada’s most biodiverse province, and though grasslands make up less than one percent of its land mass, more than a third of endangered and at-risk species call grasslands home (!). So ho Read more