I have a question for you to kick off this article...

What if I told you that a well-managed pasture with grazing cattle could store MORE carbon per acre than a forest full of 100-foot trees?

Would you believe it?

Sounds crazy, right? But here’s the surprising truth: when livestock are rotated across pasture in a regenerative way, grasslands become some of the most powerful carbon sinks on the planet.

On our farm, we’ve spent years rebuilding our soil.

Today, our pastures are teeming with life above and below the surface — including a booming population of earthworms that, by our estimate, produce over 160,000 lbs of worm castings per acre every year. That’s nature’s fertilizer, made in-house, improving our soil’s ability to hold water, nutrients, and…carbon.
 

Here’s why this works

• Forests store most of their carbon above ground, in trunks and branches. But when trees burn, die, or get logged, much of that carbon is released.
   
• Grasslands, on the other hand, store their carbon underground, where it’s far more stable — especially when those grasslands are managed with intentional grazing and rest cycles.
   
• With deep roots, robust microbial activity, and constant biological inputs from grazing animals (urine and manure), regenerative pastures can draw down carbon year after year — without risk of wildfire losses or clear-cutting.

And, it doesn’t take 100 years to build this kind of carbon bank either. Regenerative grazing can start making an impact within just a few seasons.

And yes, this flies in the face of everything we’ve been told — that cows are the climate enemy and forests are the only path to carbon capture.

But when you look beneath the surface — quite literally — you start to see a different story. One where healthy land, well-treated animals, and nutrient-dense food (all which you'll find here at Seven Sons 🤠) work together to regenerate instead of extract.
 

🌳 Now, to be clear — trees matter. BIG TIME.

This isn’t about choosing one over the other. In fact, combining regenerative grazing with trees is where things get really exciting.

It’s a method called silvopasturing — and it's one of the most powerful land-use strategies we know of. That’s why we’ve been strategically planting thousands of trees into our pastures over the last several years… with thousands more to come.

We’re not losing grazing capacity — we’re gaining it.

These trees will boost grass productivity, create microclimates, and offer animals natural shade and shelter, all while adding another layer of long-term carbon storage to our farm above our green grasses.

This is the kind of agriculture that heals instead of harms — and it's possible because of people like you who choose to support it.

Thanks for being part of that story and continuing to evolve with us.