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Our team regularly contributes to media and speaking opportunities to provide information and education on the topics of prescribed grazing, land stewardship, fire mitigation, fiber production, and more. Please send press/media requests to Kate Barney: katebarney@gmail.com.
Meet the Shepherds Helping the Planet
Some unlikely new heroes are fighting climate change: American sheep and the people who care for them
“The California operation Shepherdess Land and Livestock is one of the groups dedicated to battling the West’s growing fire problem. The outfit is helmed by Brittany Cole Bush, a SoCal-raised leader in regenerative agriculture. Decked out with long dark hair, dirt-streaked arms, and a leather hat, Bush has pretty much single-handedly made shepherding cool again, especially among the urban California crowd.” Continue Reading.
Appearances
How Cowboys and Equestrians Are Rescuing Horses From L.A.’s Fires - The Wall Street Journal
The ‘Convoy of Incredible People’ Saving Animals From California’s Infernal Fires - The Guardian
Cole-Bush: La Bergere Cool Qui Protege La Californie Des Feux - Elle France
SoCal inmates working alongside sheep, goats to clear dry brush that could fuel fires - ABC7
How This California Business Puts Animals to Work Preventing Wildfires - NPR's Marketplace
Episode #140: Shepherding the Next-Generation of Shepherds - Ranching Reboot podcast
Can goats and sheep stop wildfires? This shepherdess is rallying the flock - The Guardian
Meet The Shepherds Helping The Planet - Outside
Stewards of the Land - American Lamb Board
Moral Fiber: Shepherdess Land And Livestock Integrates Land Management With Sustainable Wool Production - Ventana Monthly
Member Spotlight - Community Alliance with Family Farmers
AreGoats The Answer to Preventing Wildfires? Pitchess Inmates Are Finding Out - The Signal
All Hooves on Deck - CalCAN
Can Shepherding Change the World - American Lamb
Grazing for Good - Soil Centric
Fighting Fire with Flerd - The Conversationalist
The New Pastoralists - Thayer Allyson Gowdy
Brittany Cole Bush - Women for the Land Stories from the Field - American Farmland Trust
Daydreamer Series: Taking the Indirect Route To Your Purpose - SeaVees
How can we better support women in building climate resilient farms and ranches? - American Farmland Trust
Volume 4: Ovines in The Vines - Northern California Fibershed Producer Newsletter
Brittany Cole Bush On Establishing A Grazing School - Center For Food Safety