Change of Practice
“Cover crop. Planned grazing. Compost extract. Three changes. One year. One Hillview paddock.”
A Change of Practice is one specific thing the custodian does differently this season. Cover crop drilled in March. Cattle moved on a 28-day rotation. Compost extract on the recovering paddocks. Three changes, written down at the start of the year, walked across the year, measured at the end of it. Nothing exotic. Nothing untested. Nothing hoped for.
Cover crop · planned grazing · compost extract. The Hillview practice plan, one paragraph.
Cover crop: a diverse-species mix drilled into bare ground in March, kept on the paddock through winter, terminated in spring. Planned grazing: cattle moved every 28 days on a written rotation, so each paddock gets 90 days rest.
Compost extract: a brewed soil inoculant sprayed onto recovering paddocks twice a year. Three practices. One year. One Hillview paddock to start. The plan is short on purpose.
The custodian signs. The agronomist signs. The auditor signs at the end.
The custodian who walks the paddock signs. The agronomist who designed the rotation signs. Pangolin Associates co-signs the attestation when the 36-month cores come back.
Three signatures. Three different rooms. One signed line on the ledger.
Three practices. One year. One signed line at the end of it.
A baseline core. A 12-month core. A 36-month core. A signed attestation.
Soil cores in 2024. Soil cores again in 2025. Soil cores again in 2027. The difference between them is what the practice leaves behind.
When the difference is signed, the line settles. When the line settles, the holders are paid. That is the whole loop.
Bauhaus-Stripe-Press systemic — three labelled tiles in a horizontal row (Cover crop · Planned grazing · Compost extract), a hairline calendar-rule beneath threading the year from March to March, single gold dot marking the 36-month attestation.
Cover crop. Planned grazing. Compost extract. Walked, signed, settled.