Our late co-founder Dick Thompson had a saying: "When cattle leave the farm, the people leave and the community begins to crumble." He said it many times and in many ways, but the premise was always the same.
When we started to tell the story of regenerative grazing and its promise and potential for Iowa’s landscape, we quickly learned that it’s all about the people.
While livestock can work wonders for protecting soil, cleaning the water and even providing habitat for birds and bees–all while building more resilient farms and communities–at their core, they reveal things about ourselves and each other.