BOULDER, Colo. — Savory Institute, the leading nonprofit organization working to regenerate the world’s grasslands, today announced Vermont partner Studio Hill as its newest Hub member. Savory Hubs are independently owned and operated learning centers that bring the power of Holistic Management — a regenerative agricultural process that mimics how grazing herbivores co-evolved with grasslands — to farmers and ranchers throughout their region.
“We’re excited to welcome Studio Hill to the Savory family. Studio Hill will be working with family farms and agritourism increasing the regenerative impact of the Savory Hub network,” said Daniela Ibarra-Howell, CEO and Co-Founder of the Savory Institute. “In this region of Vermont, with very deep agricultural roots and where for generations families have stewarded their land, it is critical that livestock are managed holistically to provide the best possible environmental, economic, and social outcomes. With Studio Hill’s inspiring Hub leaders, Jesse and Cally McDougall, ready to train and support local farmers and ranchers, we continue to build momentum and passion for the regenerative movement.”
Since 2009, the Savory Institute has trained more than 16,000 farmers and ranchers to regenerate land with Holistic Management, influencing nearly 54 million acres (21 million hectares) around the world. Through their Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV) protocol, Savory also conducts land verification to measure soil health, sequestered carbon, water infiltration rates, and biodiversity of the land.
“We are honored to join such a wonderful global community of motivated, caring, and thoughtful ecological stewards,” said Jesse, Hub Leader and Educator at Studio Hill. “The Savory Institute was critical in our success restoring our land from farmed-out gravel to abundant ecological and economic health. Cally and I hope our role as a Hub will allow us to ‘pay it forward’ and help other farms in Vermont to return to resilience from the brink of collapse.”
This new resource for the region may be well-timed—as Vermont struggles with the economic hardships of smallholder livestock farming and the increasing pollution in its waterways due to agricultural runoff. Regenerative agriculture—through its restoration of the soil and high-value products—has been proven to provide both economic and ecological benefits to its practitioners.
About The Savory Institute
Since 2009, Savory Institute has been leading the regenerative agriculture movement as a nonprofit dedicated to helping farmers, ranchers and pastoralist communities regenerate their grasslands. Using the Holistic Management framework for managing complexity and the Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV) protocol for assessing soil health, biodiversity, and ecosystem function, Savory Institute’s global network of 52 regional Hubs creates localized impact solutions that build verifiable regenerative results. Savory Institute has influenced nearly 54 million acres (21 million hectares) around the world and equipped 16,000+ farmers and ranchers with education, training, and implementation support to regenerate land within culturally-relevant and ecologically-appropriate contexts. Learn more at savory.global.
–The Savory Institute