Holistic Planned Grazing is defined as a pillar of regenerative agriculture. It is one of the most beneficial actions to improve ecosystem function, and soil health, on a farm or ranch. However, it is not quite as simple as just adding graziers to the system and expecting beneficial results to be the natural outcome.
Franchesca and her husband, Ryan, sell eggs and chicks from thirteen different breeds of chicken and two breeds of quail. Their pasture-based model does more than just produce beautiful chickens with unique egg colors; the Duvals are constantly tweaking their infrastructure, management and resource use to align with the values close to their hearts.
Tucked on the edge of the Klamath National Forest in California’s far North, Scott River Ranch occupies six square miles of verdant, lush pasture where Gareth and Millie Plank raise grass-fed, holistically managed cattle.
Getting your baby chicks off to a good start isn’t rocket science, but it is literally the single most important component of being successful in a pasture-based broiler operation.
Those smaller “partner” beekeepers that follow our nutrition and health maintenance programs have results very similar to ours.
