Begin With Clarity: Your Holistic Goal

Nena Hammer W hen Nena Hammer joined the Regenerative Agriculture Mentorship Program (RAMP) in Arkansas in 2023, she was curious what she might learn. This program was taught by HMI’s Certified Educator Linda Pechin-Long and was part of a Southern Sustainable Research & Education (SSARE) grant in collaboration with the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT). “I was at Cobblestone Farm in Arkansas as the farm manager for their non-profit farm,” says Nena. “I thou

Guest blog by Erica Frenay While watching the heart of our farm burn down was traumatic, our recovery was hastened by using the holistic decision-making process to create a plan to rebuild. Photo Credit: Erica Frenay W hat causes you to feel stressed out? Major sources of stress in my life include, in no particular order: money, kids, livestock, off-farm job, my farm business, and the general overwhelm of having taken on too much. You may of course experience many other sourc

The James Ranch is widely recognized as an operation providing delicious, nutritious food to residents and visitors through their ranch shop and restaurant north of Durango, Colorado. The ranch produces 100% grass-fed and finished beef, raw milk and artisan cheese, whey-fed pork, and an abundance of vegetables and flowers, while providing a market for 50 local farmers and ranchers produce. Set in the fertile glacial Hermosa Valley along the Animas River, the James Ranch irri