Sutton Landcare Group Meeting

The Role of Livestock in Reversing Land Degradation (Could overgrazing be a good idea?)

The next Sutton Landcare Meeting will be on Tuesday June 14th at Sutton School commencing at 7.30 pm. The guest speaker will be Peter Raynolds, a cattle grazier from near Braidwood. Peter will lead our discussion of the proposition advanced by Zimbabwean ecologist and environmentalist, Allan Savory that livestock properly managed and moved to mimic nature, are essential to improving a degraded pastoral environment. 

Before this discussion we will show a short video of Allan Savory setting out this proposition which has become the basis for holistic farming methods. Peter first became exposed to Allan Savory's ideas while a student at Orange Agricultural College some years ago. Peter has recently started to implement them on his family's property with interesting results to date. 

This topic is a highly controversial one. Savory's proposition has received extensive criticism and also support. We are looking forward to a stimulating discussion. 

For further information on Sutton Landcare, check out our website or contact our Secretary, Marchien van Oostende, on sutton.landcare@gmail.com