Further Reading

Analysis of Holistic Planned Grazing Theories: 

• A global assessment of holistic planned grazing compared with season-long continuous grazing: meta-analysis findings (Hawkins 2017).
•  Allan Savory's TED talk is wrong, and the benefits of holistic grazing have been debunked. 
• Allan Savory’s holistic management theory falls short on science (Ketcham 2017)
• Don’t believe Allan Savory’s hype: cows will not save the planet (Mark 2017)
• Holistic Management: a critical review of Allan Savory’s grazing method (Nordberg et al 2016)
• Effects of short-duration, high-density stocking on soil properties and plant species composition of a mesic grassland in South Africa. (Chamane et al 2016).
• Holistic Management: misinformation on the science of grazed ecosystems (Carter et al 2014)
• Commentary: A critical assessment of the policy endorsement for holistic management. (Briske, et al 2014). 
• Savory’s unsubstantiated claims should not be confused with multi paddock grazing. (Briske et al 2014). 
• The Savory method cannot green deserts or reverse climate change. A response to Allan Savory's TED video. (Briske et al 2013). 
• Origin, persistence, and resolution of the rotational grazing debate: integrating human dimensions into rangeland research. (Briske et al 2011). 
• Range management in the face of climate change (Catlin et al 2011).
• Rotational grazing on rangelands: reconciliation of perception and experimental evidence (Briske 2008)
• Short-duration grazing research in Africa: an extensive review of the Charter Grazing Trials and other short-duration grazing studies on African rangelands. (Jamus et al 2002). 
• The Donut Diet, The Too Good To Be True Claims of Holistic Management. (Wuerthner 2002). 
• Short-duration grazing, the facts in 1999 (Holochek, et al 1999).
• Southern Africa’s experience with intensive short-duration grazing (Skovlin 1987).

•  Another Industry Attempt to Greenwash Beef
• Busting Livestock Industry Myths About Cows and Soil Carbon
• Cattle Grazing is Incompatible with Conservation
• Climate-Friendly Beef Is a Myth, Don’t Buy It
• Colonization, Food and the Practice of Eating
• Do grasslands act as a perpetual sink for carbon? 
• Grass-fed Beef is Bad for the Planet and Causes Climate Change 
• Grass-fed Beef Will Not Help Tackle Climate Change, Report Finds 
• Grass-fed Greenwash
• Grazed and Confused 
• A Green Marketing “Wild West”: Greenwashing in the Beef Sector
• Habitat-fed Beef: Grass-fed Beef and Sustainable Solutions
• How Big Ag Bankrolled Regenerative Ranching
• Magical Cows and the Colonization of Western Public Lands 
• Nationwide shift to grass-fed beef requires larger cattle population 
• No, Regenerative Ranching is Not Good for Grassland Birds 
• Plant-Rich Diets 
• Pro Grazing Pieces Don’t Do a Full Accounting of Livestock Costs 
• Red Meat Republic
• Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers 
• Shear Destruction 
• Targeted Livestock Grazing Won’t Preclude Large Wildfires
• The Myth of Regenerative Ranching 
• The True Cost of Cattle: a Street Roots Investigation
• There’s No Such Thing as Sustainable Beef 
• Waste of the West
• Why Eating Grass-fed Beef Isn't Going to Help Fight Climate Change 
• Why Regenerative Farming Works and Regenerative Ranching Fails