Hoofprints on the Land: How Traditional Herding and Grazing Can Restore the Soil and Bring Animal Agriculture Back in Balance with the Earth

Hoofprints on the Land is a fascinating book about traditional herding culture that shows how herding cultures tend their flocks in harmony with the land and in partnership with their animals. It debunks the myth that animal-free agriculture is the only way forward for a healthy planet and reflects on how we can work with animals to regenerate the landscape.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 05 January 2023
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Co

‘Hoofprints on the Land is a fascinating, original, and lyrical description of the working partnerships between people and animals that are based on profound respect and relationships that, with the land itself, are founded not on exploitation but reciprocity. Ilse draws on her experience of living with the Raika camel herding community in India for the past 30 years to show how herding cultures tend their flocks in harmony with the land and in partnership with their animals. Nomadic livestock herding is the most ancient and natural means of keeping livestock, yet through colonization and modernisation, these pioneers have been pushed to the edges of society and their methods have been dismissed as old-fashioned and out of touch. Hoofprints on the Land debunks the myth that animal-free agriculture is the only way forward for a healthy planet, and reflects on how we can work with animals to regenerate the landscape. As Ilse writes: ‘Herding is therapy, not just for the planet, but also for our souls.’

Weight: 386g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781645021520