Holistic Management Handbook: Regenerating Your Land and Growing Your Profits

Description

Holistic management is a systems‑thinking approach developed by biologist Allan Savory to restore the world’s grassland soils and minimize the damaging effects of climate change and desertification on humans and the natural world. This third edition of Holistic Management Handbook: Regenerating Your Land and Growing Your Profits is the long‑awaited companion volume to Holistic Management, Savory’s classic textbook. It is the key to helping you restore health to your land and ensure a stable, sustainable livelihood from its bounty. This new edition, thoroughly revised, updated, and streamlined offers step‑by‑step instructions for running a ranch or farm using a holistic management approach. Ranchers, farmers, and anyone working to address global environmental degradation will find this comprehensive handbook an indispensable guide to putting the holistic management concept into action with tangible results. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Generating Lasting Wealth (Jody Butterfield, Sam Bingham, Allan Savory)....Pages 3-51 Front Matter ....Pages 53-53 Getting Animals to the Right Place, at the Right Time, with the Right Behavior (Jody Butterfield, Sam Bingham, Allan Savory)....Pages 55-125 Front Matter ....Pages 127-127 Keeping Management Proactive (Jody Butterfield, Sam Bingham, Allan Savory)....Pages 129-175 Front Matter ....Pages 177-177 Designing the Ideal Layout of Facilities for a Grazing Operation (Jody Butterfield, Sam Bingham, Allan Savory)....Pages 179-220 Back Matter ....Pages 221-251