The Whole Story Savory Hub
Why a Savory Hub?
Land stewards in Aotearoa, New Zealand, face a complex array of challenges that impact their ability to maintain sustainable and profitable agricultural practices. These challenges range from environmental degradation to regulatory pressures and changing climatic conditions.
The Savory Institute was founded in 2009, with the aim of helping farmers around the world adopt, commit, and build on holistic, sustainable practices.
Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV)
Ecological Outcome Verification (EOV) is an outcome-based monitoring protocol for grassland environments. Currently deployed on over 6 million acres globally, EOV evaluates both leading and lagging indicators to give you a holistic assessment of ecosystem function.
In simple terms, EOV runs through a series of 15 markers yearly in predetermined sites across your farm, and comprehensive ‘Long Term Monitoring’ every five years. This allows us to understand the overall trends happening on your property and can give you access to the Land to Market certification.
Holistic Management
The power to regenerate lands and livelihoods lies not in our practices but in how we manage the ecological, financial, and social dynamics. More than just a grazing system, Holistic Management is a framework for making decisions amidst the ever-changing conditions of the living world.
Holistic management helps us to help you when it comes to financial planning, land planning, ecological monitoring and planned grazing. By creating decison making frameworks and planning procedures with you,
Training Courses
You can now learn the foundations of holistic management via an online, four month course facilitated by our team. Coming later in 2025 or by request.
Want to see us in action?
Find us on Instagram to follow the team as we conduct EOV monitoring and training around the country.
If you would like to book your EOV monitoring with us, have a yarn or see what funding may be available to you, fire us an email and we’ll get back to you ASAP via savory@thewholestory.co.nz
F.A.Q.
Let’s clear things up!
We are passionate about sustainability, agriculture and collaborating to achieve positive change. We want to make it easy and instill pride around your farms’ sustainability story.
No, although the environment is an important part of the sustainability story, it is the interaction between all the goals which make up the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals which make up a holistic sustainability picture.
The UN SDGs are a set of 17 goals which are a global language, enabling us to communicate in a common format to our stakeholders, communities, consumers and fellow farmers.
Social enterprises are purpose-driven organisations that trade to deliver positive social, cultural and environmental impact.
Although based in Otago we are able to travel nationwide to deliver our services, or have the ability to deliver remotely. Where there is a will, there is a way!