Whole New Concepts

We specialize in application of the Holistic Management Framework to achieve sustainable solutions in the management of human, natural and financial resources.

Whole New Concepts LLC brings into play customized training programs, learning design, facilitative techniques, program development and process consulting with a broad-base of knowledge, experience and technical expertise aimed at:

• Developing your capacity to see the big picture, respond to change and become sustainable.

• Improving your skills in four key areas of decision-making and management: people, money, land, and community.

• Identifying strategies and designing practical solutions based on your specific needs.

• Creating immediate benefits and results in your situation.

Behind every result is a decision.

The choices you make each day are crucial to creating the kind of life and future you desire to have.  Sound decision-making, innovation and adaptability are at the core of success in today's changing world.  Sustainable management requires us to consider the social, economic, and ecological aspects of each action we take. Whole New Concepts offers the Holistic Management Framework, a set of decision-making tools, planning guides and monitoring and procedures that help you achieve sustainable solutions in a practical and consistent manner.

Holistic Management will help improve your ability to

• Achieve results that consistently generate positive rewards for you and are also good for the land, your family & your community.

• Develop excellence in planning, management, and operation of family farm and ranch enterprises and small businesses.

• Enhance the biological diversity and productivity of your land.

• Support family based agriculture, local food, beginning farmers and family businesses in your community.

• Discover lasting solutions by going to the root cause of problems and learning how to manage for a triple bottom line.

• Advance stewardship of your community values, culture, local economies, land use, food systems and natural resources.

• Become engaged in generating real wealth, creating vibrant landscapes and a rewarding lifestyle that are sustainable.

• Manage for a triple bottom line that accounts for social, economic and biological wealth.

• Place quality of life and your capacity to be sustainable on equal footing with the need to be profitable and financially sound.

How we work

Acknowledging you as an expert in your situation, we develop a common sense approach that works for you.

We understand how busy life and business can be in these challenging times.  This is why we make our services flexible and convenient. We work in-person, over the telephone and via the internet. Many of our courses and programs are offered as distance learning  as well as in-person. We also offer facilitation, consulting and technical services.

With our hands-on, client centered approach you will experience practical solutions and realize immediate benefits from our services. The services and programs we offer are adapted or customized to address your specific needs and concerns.

We add value with mentoring and facilitation services that enhance help our clients ability to adopt holistic decision making as a management practice.

Your next steps.

Please browse this website for more details.  Contact us today for a free consultation about how our programs may benefit you, to obtain more information, or to provide us with a request for proposal. 

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What People Have to Say

"We stayed in within our Holistic Financial Plan and increased our income in a year when many dairies were having trouble staying in business."
Jonathan K, Organic Dairyman, New York  

“I have finished the first Module and I want to congratulate you on being such a great teacher. The way you have set up the workbook is very helpful to my style of learning, in-depth and applied. The short information sketches are wonderfully developed by the personal application questions. Thank you!” 
Vicki W., Rancher, Oregon 

"Cindy, you are a gifted facilitator."  Rigoberto Delgado, Heifer International

Stewardship is the greatest gift we can give ourselves & the future!  Contact us today for a free consultation.

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Dreams are meant to be lived - not kept
on a shelf.

Family farms and ranches play a critical role in creating secure food systems, stable communities and strong economies.

Who We Work With

Our primary clients are family based farms and ranches, as well as their communities and organizations.

We work with dairy farms, cattle ranching, diversified farms, market gardening, new farmers, ranch managers and new landowners. We help people interested in sustainable agriculture, restoring land health and productivity, shifting to grass-based production, direct marketing, developing value added products, starting new enterprises, rare-breed conservation, and creating healthy lifestyles.

We also support our clients with training and facilitation services to improve leadership and organization skills, natural resource and land use policy development, cooperative relationships, promote local food systems, and enhance value-based decision making. 

Our Programs

Holistic Management® Framework Courses

This includes training in Holistic Decision Making, Financial Planning, Grazing Planning, Land Planning, and Biological Monitoring.  Available as distance learning or in-person. Ideal for beginning and experienced farmers, small businesses, family lifestyles, ranchers and land managers.

Putting Holistic Management Into Practice

This program includes training support and mentoring focused on action planning for lifestyle, business, farm enterprise development, marketing, educator certification and structured diagnosis of problems. Available as distance learning or as an in-person workshop.

Completing The
Feedback Loop

We provide process consulting in hole-systems decision making for leaders, managers and policy-makers who desire to be socially, economically and environmentally sound
in their approach. Ideal for organizations, community groups and agencies. Process consulting may involve a mix of training, research, development, facilitation and technical services.

The Ecosystem
That Sustains Us

This is an adaptable introduction to land stewardship, biological monitoring & eco-literacy.
May be taught at a distance, in-person or as a field "walk-about". Great for children and adults from all walks of life.