Mark Shepard: Grazing Woodlands: Effective, Profitable Silvopasturing
When you think grazing, does a lush, open pasture first come to mind? Take a lesson from permaculture pioneer Mark Shepard on how to effectively graze livestock — cattle, sheep, pigs — in woodlands while managing for the whole system. The result is producing benefits for the land through forest management while harvesting a marketable crop.
(1 hour, 11 minutes, 50 seconds) Recorded at the 2015 Acres U.S.A. Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Friday, December 11, 2015.
My Farmer, My Customer
New! Learn from Marty Travis's experiences converting the Spence Farm into one of the most successful farming co-ops in the United States today.