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Silvopasture - A Guide to Managing Grazing Animals, Forage Crops, and Trees in a Temperate Farm Ecosystem (Paperback)
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Silvopasture - A Guide to Managing Grazing Animals, Forage Crops, and Trees in a Temperate Farm Ecosystem (Paperback)
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A system for regenerating land, storing carbon, and creating
climate resilience The concept of silvopasture challenges our
notions of both modern agriculture and land use. For centuries,
European settlers of North America have engaged in practices that
separate the field from the forest, and even the food from the
animal. Silvopasture systems integrate trees, animals, and forages
in a whole-system approach that offers a number of benefits to the
farmer and the environment. Such a system not only offers the
promise of ecological regeneration of the land, but also an
economical livelihood and even the ability to farm extensively
while buffering the effects of a changing climate: increased
rainfall, longer droughts, and more intense storm events.
Silvopasture, however, involves more than just allowing animals
into the woodlot. It is intentional, steeped in careful observation
skills and flexible to the dynamics of such a complex ecology. It
requires a farmer who understands grassland ecology, forestry, and
animal husbandry. The farmer needn't be an expert in all of these
disciplines, but familiar enough with them to make decisions on a
wide variety of time scales. A silvopasture system will inevitably
look different from year to year, and careful design coupled with
creativity and visioning for the future are all part of the
equation. In this book, farmer Steve Gabriel offers examples of
diverse current systems that include: A black locust plantation for
fence posts coupled with summer grazing pastures for cattle in
central New York; Oxen and pigs used to clear forested land in New
Hampshire to create space for new market gardens and orchards;
Turkeys used for controlling pests and fertilization on a cider
orchard and asparagus farm in New York; and Sheep that graze the
understory of hybrid chestnut and hickory trees at a nut nursery in
Minnesota. All of these examples share common goals, components,
and philosophies. The systems may take several years to establish,
but the long-term benefits include healthier animals and soils,
greater yields, and the capacity to sequester atmospheric carbon
better than forests or grasslands alone. For all these reasons and
more, Silvopasture offers farmers an innovative and ecological
alternative to conventional grazing practice.
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