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         There is a simple remedy for fines and violations of policy.    

Better planning.    

For equestrians, this has been an afterthought.  The sport born of leftover horses from racing, that foxhunted, or helped survey farms and trails, until suburban sprawl wiped that away.  Then the planning shifted to designing ever larger show facilities, our own growth paralleling Dairies and Commercial livestock.  Is it any wonder we were caught in their regulations?  Some of us said "there has to be a better way", and began assessing how horses might fit into modern society. 

In a rare pleasant surprise, the traditional horsekeeping had a sustainable loop- soil for landscapes, that adapts well to the future, even, or especially at scale.  Earth-riders teaches Equestrian Center Managers and Shows to not just fit in to their landscapes, but to feed far broader landscapes around them.  If life on a crowded planet depends on stewardship of Natural Resources, equestrians are uniquely suited to lead by example.  

We love and care for our horses.  All the tasks and planning around that are easily extended to turning our waste stream into compost- a natural resource production factory, at every location.  What natural cycles have been bulldozed away, "pave paradise and put up a parking lot", every horse facility can be set up to restore and replenish landscape arounds.  Gardens, lawns, parks and organic farms are already tapping the gifts that horses have to offer.  Is it happening everywhere?  Who knows about this?  That's the urgent mission of Earth-riders...

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