Pioneers & Projects

The farmers and ranchers showing how grazing animals can restore soil, grass and wildlife.

Pioneers

Cattle grazing a lush, foggy green pasture behind an electric fence in Virginia.

Pioneers

Joel Salatin and Polyface Farm: The Grass Farmer of the Shenandoah

Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm, an original grass farmer: cattle moved daily, hens following, and books and talks that have inspired a great many others.

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Roan and white Shorthorn cows resting and grazing in an English grass pasture.

Pioneers

The Family Who Invited Britain to the Field: The Cherrys of Lannock Farm

The Cherry family of Lannock Farm, near Hitchin: pasture-fed beef and eggs on a mixed farm, and Groundswell, the festival that invited Britain into the field.

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Projects

Cattle standing on dry, brushy rangeland between Wink and Pyote in far-west Texas.

Projects

Cattle in the Chihuahuan Desert: Alejandro Carrillo and Las Damas

Alejandro Carrillo and Las Damas: more grass and more cattle in the Chihuahuan Desert, and what a small UK farm can borrow from planned grazing on dry land.

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