Healthy Land. Healthy Food. Healthy Lives.
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SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2021
In Practice a publication of Holistic Management International
NUMBER 199
W W W. H O L I S T I C M A N A G E M E N T. O R G
HMI 2020 Annual Report Dear HMI Community, 2020 will be remembered as the COVID year. It was a challenging year for many, including HMI, but it will also be remembered as a year of pivoting, realizing new opportunities, and adapting. The practice of Holistic Management has helped us make the most of the challenges. To be successful in our regenerative practices, we have learned that it is critical to also focus attention on the human aspects of management. The way each person approaches the challenges that face us personally, and the earth’s environment, will determine humanity’s future. Humanity’s success or failure will come down to the quality of decisions we make individually and collectively. HMI can impact many more peoples’ abilities to make better decisions. That is why during 2020, our Board of Directors revised HMI’s mission to define our focus as: “To envision and realize healthy, resilient lands and thriving communities by serving people in the practice of Holistic Decision Making & Management.” To achieve our mission, a key priority will be to make Holistic Management easier for more people to learn and practice. We will accomplish this by broadening our reach through online training, while supporting depth of practice through programs such as Workshops, Field days, One-on-One producer training, and through our Regenerative Agriculture Mentor Program (RAMP). Our Certified Educator community is a cornerstone of HMI’s success. These dedicated and passionate individuals extend HMI’s reach. They also continue to influence our curriculum content and training methodology. 2020 Annual Report Together with our Certified Educator community HMI’s 2020 reach and impact included training 10,418 people as well as influencing 7,414,467 acres in a challenging year. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Thank you to all our supporters, our staff, Certified Educators, board, Learn about HMI’s 2020 Impact by reading our funders, advisory council, and collaborators for sustaining this remarkable annual report in this issue and view our 2020 organization, HMI. Impact graphic on page 24. Thanks to all our funders, supporters, and collaborators for A special word of thanks to Ann Adams who has led HMI as Executive helping us reach our strategic goals! Director through thick and thin since 2013. Ann is incredibly capable, and her courage, energy and passion have shaped this wonderful organization. We are so grateful that Ann will continue to work with us at HMI as Director of Education as we navigate the future. We look forward to working with our entire community as we refine our materials, inspire and support our network and achieve the heathy land, produce the healthy food and foster the healthy lives we all want and need. With gratitude,
Wayne Knight Exective Director
2020 Annual Report
Walter Lynn Board Chair