Photo by Lyndsey Garber
Photo by NM Department of Agriculture
Photo by NM Department of Agriculture
Photo by Jay Hill
Photo by NM Department of Agriculture
Photo by Lyndsey GarberAgricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix
Companion Resource
TedTalk- How to Fight Desertification and Reverse Climate Change
Secondary students can learn from scientist Allan Savory how and why fertile grasslands are changing into desert. It is a common belief that livestock grazing is causing or increasing this loss of rangelands. Discover a different cause and solution to this worldwide problem and how livestock can help.
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TedTalks (Allan Savory)
Lessons Associated with this Resource
- Homes on the Range
- The Remarkable Ruminant
- At Home on the Range (Grades 6-8)
- Journey 2050 Lesson 5: Land Use (Grades 6-8)
- Journey 2050 Lesson 5: Land Use (Grades 9-12)
- Carbon Hoofprints: Cows and Climate Change
- Climate Change Phenomena: Bananas in Our Breadbasket?
- The Carbon Cycle and Climate Smart Agriculture
- Making a Brand for Ourselves the "Cowboy" Way
- Where Does it Grow? The Science of Climate and Food
- Kiss the Ground