Reader feedback on "Carbon Grazing - the missing link"
The book "Carbon Grazing - the missing link" has been available since December 2008.
The book, is being widely read and the Carbon Grazing principle is gaining wide acceptance, with constructive and positive feedback coming from all sectors of our target audience.
Some of this feedback is as follows: -
"Congratulations Alan on a great book. I have just finished reading it and was very impressed. You have made a very difficult subject into a farmer friendly read." (grazier Duncan Banks, Qld.).
"Carbon Grazing should be compulsory reading for all graziers followed by group discussion and field walks to demonstrate issues of pasture establishment methods, grazing management, sustainability issues, how to recognise and achieve robust pasture stands, legume establishment options, phosphorus trials etc". (survey response from Murilla Landcare group)
"You have developed a big concept and explained it simply. It is also well written and illustrated. Personal experience, anecdotes from others and a smattering of science gives it a very readable tone. Then bringing it all into the worldwide Carbon debate of the current age was a brilliant idea. In my day we didn't go past calling it organic matter, which has no appeal at all. Your way of explaining it gives it focus and builds it into the worldwide Carbon framework." (former CSIRO Rangeland scientist, Dr Alan Wilson)
"Changing farming practices, such as Carbon Grazing, have the potential to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases while simultaneously increasing productivity, reducing input costs and producing wider natural resource management benefits". (Policy Paper "Optimizing Carbon in the Australian Landscape", the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists)
Dr Kenneth Hodgkinson, Research Fellow CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems remarked "...Congratulations. You have synthesised a wealth of scientific knowledge with your own acute observations and practical knowledge. Your book should be essential reading for every grazier in pastoral Australia...". I highly recommend this one.
I have just finished reading "Carbon Grazing" and was seriously impressed...I guess if one writes a book that gets people all excited then one should expect questions" (Dr Janey Jackson, cattle producer, Victoria)
"It was your brief to open the Symposium with a thought provoking address that urged participants to challenge their current thinking about synergistic, multi-disciplinary and systematic approaches to sustainable grazing. Participants of the symposium were inspired by your presentation. Both your book and presentation have continued to facilitate on-going dialogue post-symposium on these concepts". (Sarah Hood, Sustainable Agriculture Partnerships Manager, Qld Regional NRM Groups Collective)
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