The RegenNarration 216. Allan Savory: On holistic management, scaling & a sense of survival
Allan Savory is a legend of regenerative agriculture - the ongoing force behind holistic management, a movement that has featured in so many stories on the podcast. Indeed, as we’ve travelled across the US / Turtle Island, we continue to hear such stories (including in last week's episode).
Longer-term listeners might remember my conversation with Allan on the podcast back in 2020. It still stands as amongst the most listened to, and my personal favourites. So as we neared Denver, Colorado, I reached out to Allan and the team at the Savory Institute. As it happens, Allan was about to front the next course at their nearby ranch. But by the time we were in the ‘hood, it was the week of Independence Day, and holiday movements had set in. So Allan, his wife Jody and I shared the intention to meet later in our journey.
Then, over the weekend just passed, we were privileged to visit Kelsey Scott at the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota (standby for that special episode soon). Allan came to mind there too, with a story I share here from Kelsey’s husband Monte. It reminded me of Allan’s story at the end of our conversation, on the profound place intuition has held for him in his life. Then there was the music he chose, which I was able to include at the end.
So with all that in mind, and as Allan approaches his 89th birthday, I hope you enjoy revisiting one of this podcast's very special conversations.
This episode has chapter markers and a transcript (available on most apps too).
Intro recorded 6 August 2024. Conversation recorded 22 November 2020.
Title slide: Allan Savory (supplied).
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Music:
Regeneration, by Amelia Barden, from Regenerating Australia.
Faraway Castle, by Rae Howell.
Scotland the Brave, by Eric M. Armour.
Sourced from the Free Music Archive under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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