Ranches and sustainability

Meredith Ellis runs a ranch that is several thousand acres. She told the National Grazing Lands Coalition: The biggest mistake we can make is to forget about the vast wilderness of ranch land that is preserved from the threat of industry and development. Ranchers are the keepers of the land and the benefits of their stewardship are known by all the living things that call it home. All we ask is that we be part of the conversation on how to solve climate change before places like mine are gone forever. She also has her own perception about ranchers. She also is an activist who want to figure out how to make her ranch…”There are a lot of perceptions about ranchers, what they look like, what they care about, how they lean and think, but there are a lot of bad ass ranchers like me, people who passionately hold the environment and the future in the foremost of their mind.

Meredith is also an activist who wants to figure out how to make her ranch… “the most drought resistant, the most sustainable and the most profitable. By looking to our feet for the answer. Soil is our most under-appreciated asset. It's an essential natural resource. But with all this talk about climate change, it's hardly brought up. Soil is Earth's workhorse. There is more carbon in the soil than in the atmosphere and all plant life combined. We need to have serious discussions about how simple land management practices can transform how we fight climate change.” Ranching… part of the solution.

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