Each winter, WVU Extension brings education, know-how and research right to your community through a series of educational dinner meetings. This year, we’re offering a mix of virtual and in-person meeting opportunities across West Virginia for the 2022 agriculture education series!

Allen Williams is a sixth-generation family farmer and founding partner of Grass Fed Insights, LLC, Understanding Ag, LLC, and the Soil Health Academy. He has consulted with more than 4,000 farmers and ranchers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, and other countries, on operations ranging from a few acres to over one million acres.

Allen pioneered many of the early regenerative grazing protocols and forage finishing techniques, and he now teaches those practices and principles to farmers globally. He is a “recovering academic,” having served 15 years on the faculty at Louisiana Tech University and Mississippi State University. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Animal Science from Clemson University and a doctorate in Livestock Genetics from LSU. He has authored more than 400 scientific and popular press articles, and he is an invited speaker at regional, national, and international conferences and symposia.

Allen and his colleagues specialize in whole farm and ranch planning based on the concept of regenerative agriculture. Their approach creates significant “value add” and prepares the landowner for multiple enterprise/revenue stream opportunities that stack enterprises and acres. This approach allows for enhanced profitability and/or investment value. They routinely conduct workshops and seminars across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

This session will cover the principles of adaptive grazing management and illustrate the economic and ecosystem benefits of implementation.