Dear Friends A light snow drifts down from an opaque grey sky over the ranch today. It's quiet outside. Not a vehicle sound, or even a tractor can be heard in our rural valley. In the light snow, not a bird or coyote calls. The usually murmuring river has hushed in the buffering effect of the …
On Good Horses
Glenn and Caryl headed down to Albuquerque, New Mexico this week. There, at the Quivara Coalition 2019 Regenerate Conference, Glenn presented on "Nurturing Health from the Ground Up" in collaboration with renowned grazing researcher and author Fred Provenza. They've been having a great time at this …
Why Alderspring? A Tale of Two Cities
Hi folks! We used the link to last week's story in the newsletter this week. We apologize for that. Caryl and I are driving back from New Mexico after an excellent Quivira Coalition conference where we got to share stories with other regenerative agriculture producers from all over the world. …
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Buck, Black, and Blizzard
I stepped back in time today and met what the West used to be. Unfortunately the homogenization of culture through the ubiquitous nature of technology means that most of these "real west" icons tend to be quite old, and tech-adverse. They are out of place in this age of smartphones, smart cars and …
The Days are Short, the Time is Long
This week's story is from Abby, our second oldest daughter. She is a lover of plants and nurturing, of comfort and caring. You first notice the color change. Lush greens are fading to brown, the green color trickling down out of the tops of the grass and down into the roots. You can still see …
Reflections of a Range Rider
This week's story is from one of our summer conservation riders, Jessie Maier. Jessie came to us from Paicines Ranch in California, where she had worked primarily with sheep. Her goal for the summer was to improve her stockmanship and learn about conservation herding and regenerating landscapes. …