Animals on the Farm A Holistic Approach

Around the world, people are demonstrating how to manage animals in harmony with land and culture. Recognizing their innovations and adopting their practices are key steps toward lessening the problems of industrial animal agriculture. Whether you’re a small- or large-scale producer, you can be inspired by tested production practices that improve animal health while reducing waste, runoff, erosion, and emissions. These practices can also provide income and bolster your business efficiency.

These farmers don’t isolate animals from other farm enterprises, but rather integrate them into many land management activities. Even when corralled, tanimals aren’t detrimental to the land. This presents a starkly different mindset to Western animal agriculture, where animals are removed from the field, forest, and food source. Industrial practices concentrate animals into one place and truck in their food, which has to be highly formulated to suit the conditions created by their confinement. Under this scenario, any efficiency gained by concentrating production is counteracted by the human and fossil-fuel