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With the rise in popularity of plant-based proteins, this month Savory Institute found ourselves having to defend natural systems over factory farming. As backward as that sounds, we're taking it as an opportunity to find commonalities in an exceedingly divisive society.

Read more below, and don't forget to check out all the great happenings in and around the Savory Global Network!
NETWORK NEWS
WHITE OAK PASTURES
Georgia Hub featured on NPR for new solar energy grazing project
Imagine a few thousand livestock grazing on knee-high grasses underneath a field of solar panels. For Savory Hub leader Will Harris, this combination of renewables and regenerative is becoming a reality.
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JEFFERSON CENTER FOR HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT
California Hub and Point Blue Conservation Science awarded Healthy Soils Program grant
The project aims to examine the connection of farm profitability to soil health and will assess the feasibility of various carbon sequestration practices.
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AFRICA CENTRE FOR HOLISTIC MANAGEMENT
Trip report: Savory Journey to Zimbabwe Hub
Savory Journeys recently took a group to the Africa Centre for Holistic Management in Zimbabwe - an incredible trip with like-minded people experiencing Holistic Management firsthand.
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WHAT WE'RE READING
ON PASTURE
Video: Moving 5,000 Head of Cattle
In this six minute video, Emry and Deborah talk about the holistic management that has brought them this far.
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NEW STUDY
Ecological Health Index: A New Method for Assessing Grazing Land's Health
Peer-reviewed study on short-term monitoring component of Savory's Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV) program.
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AGFUNDER NEWS
Regenerative Practices “Clean Up the Act of Agriculture”
Interview with rangeland ecologist and Savory science advisor Dr. Richard Teague on the state of regenerative agriculture.
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DIGGING IN
A MONTHLY TOPIC IN GREATER DETAIL
Fake meat or regenerative agriculture?
If you've been following our social media accounts this month, you may have noticed an official comment from Savory Institute responding to criticism from plant-based protein startup Impossible Foods (maker of the Impossible Burger).

You can read the blog post for a detailed rundown, but in short, Impossible Foods singled out Savory while attempting to discredit the regenerative grazing movement. While the lifecycle analyses clearly show Holistic Management to be more ecologically responsible than their GMO soy-based product, we would prefer to not make this a "he said, she said" that further divides the plant-based and regenerative communities.

Rather, we see this as an opportunity to start a dialogue between two seemingly-separate points of view that share a common thread.

What someone puts in their body is a highly personal decision, and we find that those choosing a plant-based diet often come with the best of intentions, yearning to make ecologically-responsible decisions that take a stand against a broken food system.

Industrial agriculture, factory farming, large agribusiness - whatever you call it - is wreaking havoc on our lands, our health, and our communities, and we must all take action in whatever way we can to fix this mess we're in.

For some, this means reducing their consumption of industrially-produced food, whether it be plant or animal. For others, this means replacing conventional meat with regeneratively-raised meat. For those with access to land, this means stewarding land regeneration through Holistic Management.

No matter one's personal choice, the fact stands that grazing animals are imperative to maintaining (and regenerating) properly-functioning grasslands. Their periodic applications of grazing, trampling, dung, and urine allow for proper cycling of nutrients and water, and their removal means the ultimate demise of our grasslands, especially in brittle climates.

Whether you choose to eat meat or not, 1/3 of Earth's terrestrial surface is grassland and that land needs grazing.

Rather than vilifying livestock, or vegans, or the "competing" brand/organization/other in our space, let's vilify the true culprit - the industrialization of agriculture and its reductionist thinking that ignores the infinite complexities of biological systems.

And let's do something about it.

EVENTS

CALIFORNIA, USA / JULY

Holistic Land Planning Course
Learn Holistic decision-making and the methods, tools and techniques of Holistic Land Planning and Biological Monitoring.
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SCOTLAND / AUGUST
Holistic Management Training
Immerse yourself in either a 9-day Comprehensive course or a 3-day Fundamentals course at the Savory Hub in Scotland.
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COLORADO, USA / OCTOBER
Regenerative Earth Summit
Savory is co-sponsoring this summit to formulate strategies across the food, fashion, and beauty industries to make a restorative impact on soil, water, and climate.
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