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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Austin Landis in Montería, Colombia

Can Colombia’s ‘crazy’ cattle ranchers make beef an eco-friendly choice?

A cows near a tree in a green pasture
Cows farmed using the intensive rotational grazing method are moved to new pastures at least once a day, with benefits for the land and the herd’s health. Photograph: Jorge Calle

On a humid dawn in Colombia’s livestock capital, Michael Robbin rides across one of his farm’s pastures, where tall green stalks brush his horse’s belly. When he bought the land outside Montería in 2020 he divided it into 125 smaller fields. His neighbours called him crazy at first.

“That’s not how it’s done in this area,” he acknowledges. “Everybody was looking at me like I was from outer space.”

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