Fred Provenza is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Wildland Resources at Utah State University and one of the founders of BEHAVE (Behavioural Education for Human, Animal, Vegetation and Ecosystem Management), an international network of scientists and land mangers from five continents. Whilst undertaking his studies in the 1970s he worked on a ranch with his wife Sue and soon became ranch manager, a role he kept for seven years. He is the author of three books, most recently; Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us About Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom, published by Chelsea Green in 2018. He has published pioneering behavioural work on the link between soil, plants, herbivores, and ourselves.