Comments on: Holistic Management: Herbivores, Hats, and Hope

By: Duane Hennon

Duane Hennon — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:36:41 +0000

http://challenge.bfi.org/winner_2010

The Buckminster Fuller Challenge winner for 2010

Alan Savory and the Africa Centre for Holistic Management

the video of Mr. Savory’s explanation of the problems and solution is wonderful

By: Wojciech Majda

Wojciech Majda — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:59:15 +0000

Hi Darren
Are you planning to do a course in Europe?

By: Carole Castles

Carole Castles — Mon, 10 May 2010 08:20:03 +0000

I’m keen to consider Salatin’s model of ‘mob grazing’ or ‘management intensive grazing’ but my current paddocks are way too big for my 20 cattle to eat down sufficiently. Sorry if this is a ‘kindy’ question but, if I use moveable electric fence to confine my mob to smaller areas of pasture (a la Salatin), can someone give me a manageable way of moving the water supply (trough) with them?

By: Matty

Matty — Sun, 09 May 2010 03:25:38 +0000

Hi again. I checked out Eggers Farm web site and it is actually in Grand Prairie Alberta, Canada, rather than the US as indicated in the photo caption.

Cheers, Matt

By: Matthew Salkeld

Matthew Salkeld — Sun, 09 May 2010 01:21:40 +0000

Joel Salutin uses Mob Grazing to great effect to regenerate and protect pastures.

I have some questions about beef production in general.
What is the balance between Methane production and CO2 resorbtion of pasture soils, for example. Folks like Joel Salutin say that huge amounts of CO2 can be resorbed into the soil as the cattle help to regenerate damaged and wasted lands, if we were to convert large areas from mono cropping to cattle pasture.

Do cattle fed on corn for example produce more methane than cows on pasture? i.e is incorrect diet to blame?

Do sheep or goats produce less Methane emissions per pound of meat? If we have a choice to eat the most sustainable meat, who has done the analysis?

By: Darren J Doherty

Darren J Doherty — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:25:28 +0000

G’day,

Gleying is a process that involves using either layers of green material that forms an anaerobic seal in ponds and dams. This is also achieved in larger ponds by growing a lush cover crop and then grazing it heavily (adding compaction and manure – the latter pretty sloppy due to the lush material) before it is then filled with water. The other method is using pigs in the dam who are great at sealing just about anything where there is water and dirt!

By: Hamish

Hamish — Fri, 07 May 2010 08:45:15 +0000

Can someone tell me what ‘glaying’ is?