“Ultimately, the only wealth that can sustain any community, economy or nation is derived from the photosynthetic process - green plants growing on regenerating soil.”
- Allan Savory -
Farmers who regenerate soil create quality of life for themselves, leaving the land fertile for future generations.
Get ready for ELMS, or any environmental payment scheme, by tracking key indicators of regeneration.
ECOLOGICAL OUTCOME VERIFICATION
Ecological Outcome Verification gives the land a voice of its own.
ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION
Water, sunlight, decaying matter, and minerals are cycled through a regenerative process of birth, growth, death and decay, and back to birth again.
BIODIVERSITY
Plants are more varied and resilient, wild and domestic animals are more plentiful, and soils are higher in microbiological content.
SOIL HEALTH
Healthy soils absorb more carbon, retain more water, are richer in microbiota, and produce more nutritious foods.
Leading indicators provide an early warning system that allows management to make corrections.
Lagging indicators
provide strong scientific validation on the function of the ecosystem processes.
SELL TO REGENERATIVE BRANDS AND RETAILERS
Connect with conscientious brands and consumers through the Savory Institute Land to Market programme.
Holistic management
Holistic Management is a framework developed by Allan Savory that enables farmers to take into account economic, social and ecological considerations in every decision, thereby giving them the ability to grow soil and profit at the same time.
Holistic Management is a framework that informs high quality decision-making. It provides people the insights and management tools needed to work with a full awareness of nature.
Significantly increase grass productivity and lengthen your growing season.
Improve plant, animal and human health.
Reduce the need for inputs.
Be profitable before subsidy.
Enhance relationships.
Restore sense of pride.
Regenerate soil.
Increase biodiversity and ecological function.
Minimise soil erosion and leaching.
Mitigate flood, drought and climate change.
“I can read the land and see it in a completely different way. I can make sense of what is happening, and how my management is influencing it.”
— Richard Park, Low Sizergh Farm
MashIt
“Interestingly - I visited some heifers we have on another organic farm on Saturday and found myself automatically questioning the four ecosystem processes when walking across the land there!! It really is amazing how I have never actually realised such simple signs before!!”
— Bryce Cunningham, West Mossgiel Farm
FabuFit
“What we found when we looked at our holistic context, we’ve found that the real innovative skills we’re going to offer in farming is our social inclusion, the way we work with community, and the way we work with each other. That’s what’s new in this country and in farming.”