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SUMMARY:Silvopasture Field Day Columbia County
DESCRIPTION:Join Cornell Cooperative Extension, Scenic Hudson, Eli Ro
 berts of Sunfleck Consulting, and Jennifer Phillips of Gansvoort Farm 
 for a Silvopasture Field Day. Tour Gansvoort’s farm, including the p
 lanting of fodder and nut trees, where they will begin grazing sheep t
 his year. Learn how silvopasture can help address your farm’s resour
 ce concerns, including providing shade and fodder for livestock, carbo
 n sequestration potential, and other ecosystem services, and the resou
 rces and potential funding sources for implementing these practices.\n
 Learn more about silvopasture, including:\n\nGoals of introducing tree
 s to a farm\nConsiderations for location, design layout, and species s
 election\nChallenges in establishment and lessons learned at Gansvoort
 \nBenefits of fodder trees, including variations around the world, nut
 rition, and productivity\nTrade-offs between benefits depending on man
 agement choices\n\nAbout Gansvoort Farm:\nJennifer has been raising gr
 ass-fed livestock for over 20 years with a focus on sheep. She has bee
 n at her current farm since 2009, adding trees in a number of differen
 t configurations to support animal health, biodiversity, and forage pr
 oductivity. In 2023, she planted a two-acre pilot project of fodder an
 d nut trees with the help of Eli and Interlace Commons. Sheep will be 
 grazing the fodder trees for the first time this summer. In addition t
 o running the farm, Jennifer teaches courses on climate change and agr
 oecology for graduate students at Bard College.\n\nFor more informatio
 n visit https://silvopasture.ning.com/events/silvopasture-field-day-co
 lumbia-county
DTSTART:20250710T210000Z
DTEND:20250710T230000Z
CATEGORIES:field, day
LOCATION:Gansvoort Farm
WEBSITE:https://ccecolumbiagreene.org/events/2025/07/10/silvopasture-f
 ield-day
URL:https://ccecolumbiagreene.org/events/2025/07/10/silvopasture-field
 -day
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER;CN="Kathryn Brignac":https://silvopasture.ning.com/profile/K
 athrynBrignac
ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Lolly Wi
 nne Clough":https://silvopasture.ning.com/profile/LeslieLolly
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Kathryn 
 Brignac":https://silvopasture.ning.com/profile/KathrynBrignac
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