Savory institute

possible scam
Savory uses loaded terminology like reductionist and the word "holistic" reminds me of how Darwin changed his story of how the strongest individuals will propagate(1st, second vs of OoS) their traits to "populations, not individuals evolve" in the third edition after Fleeming Jenkins pointed out that we can empirically observe that strong individuals do not spread their traits through the population. A population is a collection of individuals, studying a few or one individuals is easier than a large group of individuals, Darwin's revision was means of making his claims unfalsifiable, a concept identified by Richard Owen, Charles Hodge and Samuel Butler.

https://savory.shop is selling expensive courses and asks for large donations. One needs more info to make an informed decision, but its not looking good. My biggest issue is that in his TED talk(2mil views) he basically makes the case that all the university professors in biodiversity are yahoo's, unable to grasp the wisdom of Savory.

Usually we find a novel concept like for example Behe's Irreducible Complexity to be an ancient idea that was expressed under different terms(D'Arcy Thompson's Composite Integrity). The very concept Savory describes has to be in the peer reviewed journals, but being journals they don't refer to professors they might view as dense as "reductionists", more sanguine academic language is used allowing everyone some face saving. He doesn't cite any journal papers in his TED talk, cites not a single professor he might have casually asked to give a brief review of is ideas.

His before and after photos should be viewed like the before and after photos of beached whales: before they had no plastic, after beaching they had a truck load of plastic stuffed inside by Greenpeace with a donate button to the right.

youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUMQVqtjUAQ savory institute, can sheep save the top soil? About Savory Institute: https://savory.global/ Loss of grasslands leads to droughts, famine, and worldwide poverty. It’s our mission to promote large-scale restoration of the world’s grasslands through Holistic Management.

Holistic Management is a process of decision-making and planning that gives people the insights and management tools needed to understand nature: resulting in better, more informed decisions that balance key social, environmental, and financial considerations.

counter arguments
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2017-2-march-april/feature/allan-savory-says-more-cows-land-will-reverse-climate-change

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2014/aug/04/eat-more-meat-and-save-the-world-the-latest-implausible-farming-miracle

https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/rangelands/article/view/11447/10720