AREA OF EXPERTISE

Farm and ranch design; farm business management and training; enterprise start-up; gardens and soils; range and grazing management; livestock breeds and selection.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Member of management team that managed the following operations:
Bonney Canyon Ranch, Picacho, New Mexico; Navasota Ranch, Marquez, Texas; Four Square Ranch, Bennington, Oklahoma
Part-time work on the Davis Hackberry Ranch, Sterling County, Texas
Consulted on the following projects: Brazos de Dios at Homestead Heritage, Waco, Texas; Aquilla Valley Farm, Waco, Texas; Brush Creek Ranch, Deary, Idaho; Triple S Farms, Waco, Texas
Executive Director—The Ploughshare Institute for Sustainable Culture
Vice-President—commercial real estate firm in central Texas
Insurance Adjuster—commercial and residential lines
General Manager—nation-wide publishing and distribution company
Advertising and Marketing Director—state-wide ad agency

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas
BBA in Marketing & Management, May 1979
McLennan Community College, 1985
Post-graduate coursework in tax accounting, real estate and insurance

Professional & Agricultural Education

Permaculture Design Certificate (PINA), Oregon State University
Regrarians® Farm Planning Workshop & Conference with Darren Doherty
Seed Saving for Organic Farmers, Dr. John Navazio, Evergreen State University, Washington
Three-Day Biointensive Gardening Workshop with John Jeavons
Stockman-Grass Farmer Grass-fed Production School with Allan Nation & Jim Gerrish; Charlottesville, Virginia
Stockman-Grass Farmer Grazing & Genetics Workshop with Dr. Anabel Pordomingo, Allan Nation and Gearld Fry; Jackson, Mississippi
Holistic Management Workshop-Water Flow & Keyline Cultivation, Bill Zeedyk; Circle Ranch, Van Horn, Texas
Holistic Management Workshop, Brazos de Dios, Texas
Keyline Practice Workshop with Owen Hablutzel, Waco, Texas

PRESENTATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Holistic Management International—Texas, 2008 Spring Conference, Waco, Texas
• “The Revitalization of Local Agriculture”, The Stockman-Grass Farmer Value-Added Marketing School, Denver, Colorado, November 2009
• “Creating Sustainable Farms and Sustainable Communities through Heritage Foods”, Heritage Day and Small Farmer Conference, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, June 2010
• “Small-Scale Family Farming”, Sustain Life! A Festival of Hope, Lewiston, Idaho, August 2010
• “The Revitalization of Local, Community-oriented, Small-Scale, Diversified Family Farming”, Keynote Speaker, 2011 Annual Conference, American Society of Agricultural Consultants, San Antonio, October 2011
• “The Restorative Power of Local Food & Revitalization of Small-Scale Farming”, Keynote Speaker, 2012 Annual Conference, Midwestern Bio-Ag, Madison, Wisconsin, October 2012
• Self-Reliant Expo, Belton, Texas 2015—seminars on homesteading
• Mother Earth News Fair, Belton, Texas, February 2016—seminars on homesteading, organic pest control and artisans and agrarians
• “Local Sustainable Grains”, 2016 Farm and Food Leadership Conference, The Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, Bastrop, Texas
• Homestead Fair 2005-2015—seminars on homesteading, gardening and agricultural issues.

PUBLICATIONS

• The Homestead Manual and Workbook, Butch Tindell, The Ploughshare Institute for Sustainable Culture, 2014.
• Homestead Gardening, Butch Tindell, et.al., The Ploughshare Institute for Sustainable Culture, 2012.
• The Homestead Cow, Butch Tindell, The Ploughshare Institute for Sustainable Culture, 2012.
• Orchards, Vineyards and Berries, Butch Tindell, The Ploughshare Institute for Sustainable Culture, 2010.
• “Agrarian: A Definition, A Description, A Defense”, SustainLife Journal, Volume 1, Issue 2, Spring 2012, pp. 18-21.
• “Sustainability—What Does It Mean?”, SustainLife Journal, Volume 1, Issue 3, Summer 2012, pp. 18-20

AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE

Heritage Ministries
Holistic Management International

PERSONAL

Married to Diane Tindell, 40 years. Seven children, eight grand-children.