Rotational grazing in beef cattle, sheep, etc.

R. H. (dickr@utxvm.cc.utexas.edu)
Tue, 19 Oct 93 19:29:26 EDT

Do you know about similar examples in these other enterprises? What used
to be called the Savory Grazing System (and which got, unfortunately, some
"bad press") has matured into a new generation of thinking -- Holistic
Resource Management. If you need local contact points, try

Monte Bell, 424 A Street, Orland, CA 95963; 916-865-1107, with UC Davis, or

Frank Dawley, 12480 Colyear Springs Rd., Red Bluff, CA 96080-9413;
916-527-5798, for the California newsletter, or

for other points of contact outside of California, try
Center for Holistic Resource Management, 5820 Fourth St., Albuquerque, NM
87107, 1-800-654-3619.

You'll find that benefits of holistic management extend far beyond grazing,
when the decision making scheme is generalized. When I cover
eco-"anything" topics in my graduate and undergraduate classes I find the
best of W. Edwards Deming (as in the "Deming Award" in Japan), community
rebuilding, conflict resolution, and financial management rolled up into
HRM. It's not a "magic bullet" as much as an undiscovered gem.