In Genesis 1:28 God gives mankind its first assignment. It says, And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth (ESV).’ In this short verse God gives us three earth stewardship directives: (1) Fill the earth with people; (2) Subdue the earth or bring it under control; (3) Have dominion over all living creatures. This three-pronged directive provides us with a solid biblical foundation and basis for a responsible, God-centered, approach to creation care. How are you doing caring for the small portion of God’s creation that He has entrusted you to manage? Think about it.
-Stewardship Library
At Lone Mound Ranch, restoring the land is one of our main goals. We do not own the land that God has blessed us with, but manage it for a short time. Not only are we committed to providing clean beef to everyone wee feed, but we are also commited to leaving our small patch of Earth better than we found it.
“When the grassland has been grazed in a way that mimics nature – large herds bunched up and moving frequently – the hardpan is broken up, the grass is fertilized and the dead grass is tramped down rather than blocking the sun from the sprouting grass below it, and grasses thrive, filling in the bare ground and restoring life to the soil.
More planned grazing = More soil carbon = More water retention = More drought resilience, More water retention = More plant growth = More evapotranspiration = More rain, More carbon in the soil = Less carbon in the atmosphere & less carbon in the oceans
“In the United States, millions of cattle are fed grain in a fossil-fuel-based factory production system, while so much of the land in the western half of the country is desertifying due to too few livestock”. Alan Savory
Carbon storage in grass may be more stable as much of it is below ground and less likely to be lost to the atmosphere during fires, droughts. or floods.
Cattle grazing significantly reduces wildfire spread. – University of CA Coop Extension
“Maybe you see a natural desert, but I see a degraded waste that was once a rich grassland.” Regenerating Grassland
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