- link Copy URL - [ Share on X ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Can the Same Land Stewardship Support Healthy Land and Healthy Ranches? https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1313886?absolute=1&via=3blnews "Share on X") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1313886?absolute=1 "Share on Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1313886?absolute=1 "Share on Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=Can the Same Land Stewardship Support Healthy Land and Healthy Ranches?&body=ESG News from GreenMoney Journal https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1313886?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Environment](/categories/environment) # Can the Same Land Stewardship Support Healthy Land and Healthy Ranches? May 20, 2026 8:00 AM ET ![QC New Agrarians Program](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/QC-New%20Agrarians.jpg) ![QC 2025 Conference in Santa Fe](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/QC%20Conference%202025.jpg) ![QC land workshop](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/QC%20land%20workshop.jpg) ![QC New Agrarians Program](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/QC-New%20Agrarians.jpg?h=10d202d3) ![QC 2025 Conference in Santa Fe](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/QC%20Conference%202025.jpg?h=10d202d3) ![QC land workshop](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/QC%20land%20workshop.jpg?h=c12e0b96) *by Xochitl Torres Small, Quivira Coalition* The Quivira Coalition is multiple generations into a movement based on bringing unlikely people together for resilient lands. During the 1990’s range wars, a rancher and two environmentalists started Quivira. Their purpose was to show that “ecologically healthy rangeland and economically robust ranches can be compatible.” They aimed to do so not by hiding behind compromise or even limiting the scope of solutions to common ground. Instead, founder Courtney White committed to calling out the issues and, by exploring alternatives, achieving a shared vision. Around the same time as Quivira’s founding, rancher Bill McDonald of the Malpai Borderlands Group used the term Radical Center to describe similar work. Collaborative conservationism provided an alternative to the constant litigation and legislation that defined this period. As lofty as Quivira’s ideals began and remain, the work is practical. White described how his point of conversion from “bumper sticker environmentalism” to a third way of doing things happened on a tour of cofounder Jim Winder’s ranch. As they drove by healthy grass and running water, Winder asked White what he actually wanted the land to look like. They discovered they wanted many of the same things. Quivira doggedly supports farmers and ranchers who investigate opportunities to sustain their practices by adding value, expanding regional and local markets, and diversifying income. **Read more about all of this in Xoch's full article here** - ====== [![](/sites/default/files/Clients/GreenMoney-30thLogo.png)](/profiles/greenmoney-journal) ### More from GreenMoney Journal ###### [Farmland as the Original Alternative Asset ](/news/farmland-original-alternative-asset) May 18, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [Investing in the Agri-Food Transition](/news/investing-agri-food-transition) May 6, 2026 8:00 AM ET ###### [The Capital Farmers Actually Need](/news/capital-farmers-actually-need) May 4, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [Why a Perpetual Purpose Trust Model Works for Sustainable Investing Firms](/news/why-perpetual-purpose-trust-model-works-sustainable-investing-firms) Apr 15, 2026 11:50 AM ET ###### [Guiding Customers on Their Net Zero Banking Path](/news/guiding-customers-their-net-zero-banking-path) Apr 13, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [Sheconomy: What Happens When Women’s Financial Power Shapes the Economy ](/news/sheconomy-what-happens-when-womens-financial-power-shapes-the-economy) Mar 23, 2026 10:00 AM ET ###### [How the Cuban Missile Crisis Sparked a Career in Sustainable Investing: A Conversation With Cheryl Smith](/news/how-cuban-missile-crisis-sparked-career-sustainable-investing-conversation-cheryl-smith) Mar 18, 2026 1:30 PM ET ###### [Powering the Future: Investing in Grid Infrastructure](/news/powering-future-investing-grid-infrastructure) Feb 26, 2026 8:00 AM ET