True Regenerative is restoring the Habitat with Animals ( In the case of North America's with Bison/ Indeginous Eco Systems ) that would Surthrive without intervention. Domestication = Work.
Even bison would require work. You can't go back to no one owning the bison or the land, that's how it got ruined. Work is fine, if it leads to profit.
Thanks for sharing! I have 1 cow and I am eating her this summer because she won't breed back 😢 but this is still fascinating. Gabe needs to be a household name.
Thanks to both of you for sharing those priceless informations, knowledges and experiences. Gives me confidence in the path im taking. Would definitely use a mentor like you for my little self-sufficiency farm project im starting in Quebec on a very depleted land, people in the area are great, but don't share your views, and I don't have the financial means to do like real big operation ranches ways that they suggest me, neither interested by it.
So I’m curious on the Epigenetics we have a herd that receives quite a bit of supplementation. We also calve in January. Do you just rip off the Band-Aid or do you slowly take away supplementation and do you slowly move your calving dates into the warmer months. Do you use smaller, framed bulls so that it takes less inputs to keep your heard fleshy
my suggestion would be as far as ripping the band aid off .I personally would not recommend to do that unless of course you have already found replacements for the nutrients you plan on removing .It could possibly create havoc on your animals system. You may even loose a few threw the process .Even being cautious you still may .How ever your heard will be heather for it but the lose to a small farm may be hard to swallow .All minerals should be able to replaced with a variety of foods diversity is key .There are a few things such as using chickweed and other plants that are natural de wormers as well as good quality biochar not only do all animals go nuts over it ,it can be added up to 10 to 15% to there feed I believe biochar is great to help detoxify your animals it may even help if they eat bad plants in your fields ,it also is a de wormer and provides valuable carbon nutrients .I hope this helps
I’d plan to change one thing a year to start with. Calving in March instead of January might be a good place to start. Then checking your bulls out etc etc. Regards and strength to your arm …
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My husband wants to continue to calve in January. I can’t get him to understand or even listen to your ideas of calving in sync with nature he says that because we have the feed put up in bale form, the cows are receiving enough nutrition to handle it how can I help change his mind?
Still As a consumer I hate paying more for food. Already beyond stupid. We need every farm do regenerative to make food affordable. Gabe also talks a lot about nutrition but he needs to eat less carbohydrate & intermittent fast as I see hyperinsulinemia just as I suffer with but gwtting it under control..
