CLARK — At dawn, a few hundred cows follow Greg Judy through a valley to the top of a wooded hill in Clark.
As the sun rises over northern Boone County, Judy calls out to them from an ATV. The slow moving mass of red coats make their way to a 2-acre section of pasture where they’ll eat grass along with the hay Judy spreads out for them.
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Greg Judy stands with his cattle on Monday in Clark. Judy moves his cattle three times a day as part of his practices as a regenerative rancher.
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Greg Judy holds up a piece of greenery to show how healthy plant life is on his farm in Clark. “The beautiful thing about what we’re doing here is it requires hardly any fossil fuel,” Judy said.
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James Rebanks, left, stands with Greg Judy on Monday in Clark. Rebanks is a British farmer and author who is visiting Judy’s farm to learn more about regenerative farming.
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A box of minerals sits in a field Monday in Clark. “Unlike you and me, the cows know exactly which minerals they need,” Judy said.
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