Aug 2, 2019
Welcome to the Human Performance Outliers Podcast with hosts Dr.
Shawn Baker and Zach Bitter. For this episode, Bobby Gill
joined the show. Bobby is a Biological Resources Engineer and the
Director of Development and Communications for the Savory
Institute. Bobby works to create holistic solutions that accelerate
the adoption of regenerative agriculture among land managers,
business, and consumers.
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Show Specific Notes & References:
Misc. links:
Peer-reviewed papers:
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Stanley 2018 – This paper conducts a lifecycle assessment,
including direct measure of carbon flux, on various livestock
finishing systems and shows that properly-managed livestock create
an ecosystem that is a net carbon sink instead of net carbon
emitter.
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Peel 2018 - Case study analyzing vegetation and landscape
function at the Africa Centre for Holistic Management in
Zimbabwe. "HPG yields positive long-term effects on
ecosystem services (soils and vegetation) and points to the HPG
approach enhancing the sustainability of livestock and wildlife in
this environment."
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Teague 2017 – This paper is an overarching discussion on
various types of grazing management and the potential for proper
(holistic) management to regenerate ecosystem function and
grazingland livelihoods. It also dives into the shortcomings of
most grazing research that reduces whole ecosystem complexities
into individual factors.
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Teague 2016 – This paper determined that properly-managed
grazing, if applied on 25% of our crop and grasslands, would
mitigate the entire carbon footprint of North American
agriculture.
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Rowntree 2016 – “From this data, we conclude that
well-managed grazing and grass-finishing systems in environmentally
appropriate settings can positively contribute to reducing the
carbon footprint of beef cattle, while lowering overall atmospheric
CO2 concentrations.”
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Peters 2016 – This study
modeled human carrying capacity under ten diet scenarios. Even
though carrying capacity was generally higher for diets with less
meat (likely due to modeling being based of feedlot stats and the
cropland needed to grow the feed), “the carrying capacity of the vegan diet was
lower than two of the healthy omnivore diet
scenarios.”
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Machmuller 2015 – “Farms
accumulated C at 8.0 Mg ha−1 yr−1, increasing cation exchange and
water holding capacity by 95% and 34%, respectively. Thus, within a
decade of management-intensive grazing practices soil C levels
returned to those of native forest soils, and likely decreased
fertilizer and irrigation demands. Emerging land uses, such as
management-intensive grazing, may offer a rare win–win strategy
combining profitable food production with rapid improvement of soil
quality and short-term climate mitigation through soil
C-accumulation."
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Ferguson 2013 - Compared the sustainability of 18
conventional and 7 holistic, dual-purpose ranches in Mexico,
finding that the ranches managing holistically had greater yield
ratios, higher soil respiration, deeper topsoil, and increased
earthworm presence. The authors conclude that "Holistic Management
strategies are leading to greater ecological and economic
sustainability."
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Weber 2011 – Paper discussing grazing systems
utilized by pastoralist societies, the resulting desertification,
and the need for these grazing systems to supplanted by more
inclusive planning processes that better manage the spatio-temporal
aspects of grazing.
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Stinner 1997 - Interviewed ranchers using Holistic
Management. Ninety-five percent reported an increase in
biodiversity, 80 percent reported an increase in profits, and 91
percent reported improvements in quality of life. All reported that
biodiversity is now an important consideration in managing their
land, whereas only 9 percent felt so prior to exposure to Holistic
Management.