Fighting the growing deserts, with livestock: Allan Savory at TED2013 (*STUNNING RESULTS*)

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5. Actually, it's a lot easier than you think...

They cordon off a block of land (generally called a "paddock&quot with lightweight, portable, and minimal electric fencing, and let the livestock do their thing for hours, until moving them to the next paddock. That's it. It's "controlled," but not absolute control. They might move them once or twice a day. But, while they're grazing, it's completely "hands off." The electric fencing keeps them in and predators out. The most work comes in the planning - in terms of deciding how to mark off the paddocks and how long to let the paddocks rebound before the herds graze there again.

There's a farm near me that does it (where I get my eggs, meat, and milk from), and they can't sing its praises enough (they also happen to be one of the only farms whose land thrived during last summer's drought).

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Another look at it -