The below graph depicting the Diet Composition of Herbivores is a great reminder that diversity is necessary in what our livestock have available to eat. If given the choice cattle will naturally choose around 50% of their diet as grass; and forbes and browse (or weeds & trees/bushes) for the other 50%. FRANCO, B. & [...]
Stand still for long enough at the moment and you can just about see the grass growing as you watch. For livestock producers this is a good thing because as the weather cools down that growth will slow down considerably (that's also why we don’t need to mow the house yard as much during the [...]
By Tim Scott We all hear that to feed 9 billion humans, the expected world population by 2050, we need to increase food production by 60% from current levels.* A rising population, along with a new problem; a backdrop of ESG and environmental targets around carbon emissions (as one example) by corporations who don’t understand [...]
An emerging theme that we have noticed when dealing with farmers on their regenerative journey is how the process regenerates them too. I’ve thought long and hard about this, wondering what it is that is so restorative about aligning with nature rather than working in spite of her. The answer is obvious in some ways. [...]
We all know on some level that what we eat directly impacts our health and the way we feel. But there is more to it than that. It’s not just what we eat, it’s how what we eat was produced that can impact us so profoundly. Apples are not just apples. There is a world [...]
Last month we talked about greenwashing and how the deliberate misleading of consumers is happening more and more, especially with words like ‘regenerative’ and/or ‘chemical free’. Produce can even be labelled as organic with no requirement whatsoever that it be produced organically (however it can only be labelled CERTIFIED organic if it has been produced [...]
As the regenerative farming movement gains momentum we are sadly seeing examples of the ‘regenerative’ word being used with no real substance to back it up. This style of marketing even has a name: ‘Greenwashing’ - marketing that misleads consumers into believing that a product is environmentally friendly when it is not. We find this [...]
Evolved over Millenia the predator and prey relationship is at the heart of a thriving natural environment. After wolves were hunted to extinction in the earlier part of the 20th Century, Elk populations exploded in Yellowstone National Park with regular culling ineffective to control numbers. The highly controversial reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park [...]
The secret to farming organically is being pro-active. Rather than waiting till a problem appears that then needs to be solved, the key is to manage for what you want – healthy animals and/or plants that are naturally resilient and equipped when a burden presents itself. Let’s look at buffalo fly as an example. [...]
At some point on your journey to producing food without poison you must take a leap of faith and be prepared that things may get worse before they get better. The common misnomer is that organic production is just the absence of chemicals. But, if you take a system that is reliant on chemicals and [...]
