Food Tank

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Birds that live on grasslands rely on the ecosystem for everything from foraging to nesting. Through their Conservation Ranching Initiative , the Audubon Society works with ranchers to sustainably steward grasslands. Farley Green, Marketing Manager at Audubon Conservation Ranching, speaks to the consumer side of conservation ranching.

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Marketing Ranching Food Cattle 124

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Sharp is also a veterinary technician, and runs a small cattle business influenced by the Texas ranch where she grew up. In rural Mariposa County, where many large, historic ranches have been replaced by smaller residential parcels that can easily get overgrown, Happy Goat provides help. Photo by Craig Kohlruss.

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Acre Farming Farming Compost 145

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 28, 2025

Though black-tailed prairie dogs have a long-standing reputation as pests, their ingenious tunnel systems and industrious prairie pruning make them one of the Wests primary ecosystem engineers. Bison like to wallow in the dirt exposed by prairie dogs, and graze on the nutritious grass and plants that resprout after a prairie dog pruning.

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Ranching Cattle Forage Pruning 99