International Heritage Breeds Week May 16-May 22, 2021
This article highlights the importance of heritage breeds and the week set aside to highlight them in countries around the world. Cathy shares her activities to spread the word.
Category: Conservation History
Kindred Spirits across the Pond: A story of two Conservancies
I’ve been doing lots of interviews, talks, and promotions of #heritagebreedsweek  for the last two weeks. As a historian and someone who loves to connect with personalities in history, I’ve been doing deep research again on some of the people upon whose shoulders we stand when we do our conservation work. On May 26 I put some of that information together for a short talk at my Athens Toastmasters meeting via Zoom. I made a…