Holistic Management International

Holistic Management International was founded in 1984 by Allan Savory and Jody Butterfield to promote the practice of holistic management on a global level.[https://books.google.com/books/about/Holistic_Management.html?id=MPx0jrDqDo4C& Holistic Management: A New Framework for Decision Making] by Allan Savory & Jody Butterfield (Island Press, 1988) [2nd ed, {{ISBN|1-55963-487-1}}]{{cite journal |year=2009 |title=25th Anniversary Celebration! |journal=Holistic Management in Practice |publisher=Holistic Management International |url=http://www.etiwanda.com.au/pdf/125MayJune.pdf |access-date=April 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409190203/http://www.etiwanda.com.au/pdf/125MayJune.pdf |archive-date=April 9, 2013 |url-status=dead }} It was originally called the Center for Holistic Management{{cite journal |year=1998 |title=Building Capacity |journal=Holistic Management in Practice |publisher=Center for Holistic Management |url=http://issuu.com/hmi-in_practice/docs/09_sept_1998_ip |volume=61|access-date=April 1, 2013}} and later The Savory Center.{{cite journal |year=2004 |title=Holism - The Emerging Future|journal=Holistic Management in Practice |publisher=The Savory Center|url=http://issuu.com/hmi-in_practice/docs/_99| volume=99 |access-date=April 1, 2013}}

HMI has the goal of educating people in ways to manage natural resources in such a way as to build biodiversity,Daggat, Dan. Gardeners of Eden: Rediscovering Our Importance to Nature [Paperback]. University of Nevada Press, 2005 {{ISBN|9780966622911}} improve natural growth production, enhance land and financial sustainability,Butterfield, Jody. Holistic Management Handbook: Healthy Land, Healthy Profits. Island Press, 1988 {{ISBN|978-1-55963-885-2}} and improve the overall land quality for those who use it.Impact of livestock management on water quality and streambank structure in a semi-arid, African ecosystem by A.M. Strauch (Journal of Arid Environments 73, 2009) p. 795–803{{cite web|last=Maddox|first=Peggy|title=Fourth graders attend Kids On the Land at 69 Ranch|url=http://sweetwaterreporter.com/content/fourth-graders-attend-kids-land-69-ranch|work=Sweetwater Reporter|access-date=10 April 2013}}{{cite web|last=Coppedge|first=Clay|title=Program introduces kids to the land|url=http://www.countryworldnews.com/news/headlines/1151-program-introduces-kids-to-the-land.html|work=Country World|publisher=Monday, 16 July 2012|access-date=10 April 2013}}

In 1992 it launched the Africa Centre for Holistic Management, based in Zimbabwe.{{cite journal |year=2004 |title=The Africa Centre; a participants perspective |journal=Holistic Management in Practice |publisher=Center for Holistic Management |url=http://issuu.com/hmi-in_practice/docs/_98 |issue=98|access-date=April 1, 2013}} This became a regional office of HMI,{{cite web|title=Holistic Management of Rangelands in Dimbangombe, Zimbabwe|url=http://www.ecoagriculture.org/documents/files/doc_285.pdf|work=Ecoagriculture Snapshots|access-date=10 April 2013}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} but separated in 2010.

Savory left HMI in 2009 to form the for-profit Savory Institute.{{cite news| title=A Whole View | magazine=The Cattleman | date=February 1, 2012 | author=Fears, Robert | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2591288231.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629113349/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2591288231.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=June 29, 2014}}

In February 2010, PBS broadcast a documentary called First Millimeter: Healing The Earth detailing the work HMI was doing around the world.{{cite web|title=First Millimeter: Healing The Earth|url=http://www.kqed.org/tv/programs/archive/index.jsp?pgmid=18375|work=KQED|access-date=20 April 2013}}{{cite web|last=Sacks|first=Adam|title=The Climate Solution: Got Cows?|url=http://grist.org/article/the-climate-solution-got-cows/|work=Grist|access-date=30 April 2013}}

HMI offers introductory and advanced courses in holistic management practices and an Individualized Certified Educator Training Program.{{cite web|last=Coppedge|first=Clay|title=Cattle and Quail: Management requires a plan|url=http://www.countryworldnews.com/news/headlines/1196--cattle-and-quail-management-requires-a-plan.html|work=Country World Friday, 31 August 2012|access-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617210100/http://www.countryworldnews.com/news/headlines/1196--cattle-and-quail-management-requires-a-plan.html|archive-date=17 June 2013|url-status=dead}}

In October 2011 HMI ran a series of seminars as part of their 'Beginning Farmers and Ranchers' programs in Texas. They were designed to teach women resource management skills.[https://archive.today/20130409231328/http://www.nedc.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/tx/newsroom/?cid=nrcs144p2_002539 NRCS in Texas presents at Holistic Management Seminars], United States Department of Agriculture, October 2011.

Beginning farmers in the Northeast learned more about whole farm/ranch planning in a program developed specifically for women and funded by a USDA grant.{{cite news|last=Kure-Jensen|first=Sanne|title=Marketing from farm to restaurant|access-date=10 April 2013|newspaper=Country Folks New England Farm Weekly|url=http://issuu.com/leepublications/docs/cn-120409|date=9 April 2012}}

This program was expanded to include 6 Northeast states and Texas

HMI publishes an online journal called In Practice.

In 2005 HMI was awarded a substantial grant from U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for work in Africa.{{cite book|author=David S. Fick|title=Africa: continent of economic opportunity Page 165|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qMi1AAAAIAAJ&q=holistic+USAID|access-date=8 April 2013|year=2006|publisher=STE Publishers|isbn=978-1-919855-44-8}}

In 2008 HMI was awarded $329,750 from USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance to address drought disaster issues in Zimbabwe.{{cite press release|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2008/01/07/idUS105446+07-Jan-2008+BW20080107 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402211919/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/01/07/idUS105446+07-Jan-2008+BW20080107 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2015 |title=Holistic Management International Awarded New USAID Funding To Address Drought Disaster |publisher=Business Wire |date=7 January 2008 |access-date=20 February 2012}}

In 2009 HMI was awarded $639,301 for their beginning farmers program.{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Jennifer|title=USDA Announces $17 Million in Grants to Train Beginning Farmers and Ranchers|url=http://www.nifa.usda.gov/newsroom/news/2009news/11031_beg_farmer_rancher.html|work=USDA|access-date=21 April 2013}}

In 2011 Farm Aid awarded a grant to HMI for $5000 in support of their Beginning Farmers and Ranchers program in Texas. In 2012 $7,500 to help new farmers incorporate environmental, economic and social sustainability through the Whole Farm Planning curriculum.{{cite web |url=http://www.farmaid.org/site/c.qlI5IhNVJsE/b.2723621/k.9C20/Grant_Program.htm |title=2011 Grants for Family Farm Agriculture |date=9 January 2012 |access-date=10 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107024102/http://www.farmaid.org/site/c.qlI5IhNVJsE/b.2723621/k.9C20/Grant_Program.htm |archive-date=7 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}

In 2012 HMI was awarded a $537,101 federal grant from USDA to train first-time women farmers in whole farm planning.{{cite web|last=Domrzalski|first=Dennis|title=Holistic Management to train 360 women to become farmers|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2012/07/13/holistic-management-to-train-360-women.html|work=Albuquerque Business First|access-date=8 July 2013}}{{cite web|last=Havermann|first=Tracy|title=Holistic Management International, (HMI) Awarded $537,101 Grant to Train Beginning Women Farmers|url=http://www.csrees.usda.gov/newsroom/newsletters/pdfs/07_09_12_nifa_news.pdf|work=USDA-NIFA|publisher=Heartland News|access-date=8 July 2013}}

In 2013 HMI was awarded a $60,400 federal grant from USDA Western SARE to train agricultural professionals in Holistic Management® Whole Farm/Ranch Planning.{{Cite web|url=https://projects.sare.org/project-reports/ew13-021/|title=Final Report for EW13-021|website=projects.sare.org}}

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• Resource management
• Sustainable agriculture
• Systems ecology
• Sustainability

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