UNH Launches Silvopasture Project at Organic Dairy Research Farm
Likely to see more organic dairies in the Northeast adopt silvopasturing to increase their grazing base with land already owned (woods) and improve animal comfort. UNH leading the way: https://colsa.unh.edu/nhaes/article/2016/07/silvopasture
" Seeing cows graze in a forest may be an uncommon site in New England but at the Organic Dairy Research Farm at the University of New Hampshire, heifers soon will be dining among the trees. Researchers with the NH Agricultural Experiment Station have launched a silvopasture project at the farm to investigate this relatively new agroforestry practice in the region."
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