Graaff-Reinet – ReStory

The Herding Academy in Graaff-Reinet

December 13, 2019January 15, 2021 admin Graaff-Reinet, herding, Karoo, ponding, sheep, veld cover

We started the Herding Academy as a holistic platform to share the ancient skill of herding livestock to sustainably preserve nature. Through herding we anticipate and address environmental, socio-economic, cultural and financial challenges on both livestock and game farms as well as reserves.

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Wisdom of the Ages

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 admin

Two weeks ago the man who some describe as a founding father of Regenerative Agriculture was in South Africa giving a number of Master Classes. It was a privilege to sit for two days and listen to a man who has a global following but doesn’t want to be guru; who has enormous experience but admits he doesn’t know all the answers; who doesn’t believe that his way is the only way, but who does want to share his experience; who shared his belief of how farming should be a marriage with nature, approached as one approaches a responsive lover, not as a warrior engages with an enemy.

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