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Further Reading

Critiques of Savory  |  Additional Reading 

Critiques of Allan Savory

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).

Additional Reading

  •  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

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