White Oak Pastures
Now We Go Global This incredible story is replicable, not as a formula for all farmers but as a model of what happens when we start paying attention to all aspects of a successful agriculture—soil, plants, animals, people, and finances. The integrated return on investment is mind-blowing. In each regional and local context; on each farm, ranch, or landscape; and within each human group, answers will differ and creativity will dictate and unveil different possibilities, but the fundamental principles of building resilience and fostering regeneration remain the guiding stars. This is exactly what the Savory Hub network is designed to do. Just as WOP serves as a Savory Hub of holistically regenerative solutions in Georgia, a burgeoning global network of 30-plus Hubs on six continents is doing the same. From Turkey to the United Kingdom to Spain, from southern Africa to Patagonia, from Australia to Canada, the “WOPs” of the world are at work to make regenerative livestock agriculture a reality. The key to scaling the Savory strategy is to embrace, incentivize, and support the beauty and uniqueness of what is local; safeguard the integrity of processes; and promote contextualized replication through local leadership and long-term investment. Not one big top-down initiative,
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