BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6457695:Event:449276 DTSTAMP:20260409T183242Z SUMMARY:Silvopasture on a shoestring DESCRIPTION:Agroforestry is an umbrella term encompassing 5 farm pract ices: alley cropping, forest farming, riparian buffers, windbreaks, an d silvopasture (the combination of trees and grazing livestock). \nSh elterbelt Farm has been experimenting with \"silvopasture on a shoestr ing\", which will be the focus of this tour. They've been asking, \"wh at's the least amount of money and labor you can invest in planting tr ees into pasture and still get worthwhile results?\" Farmer Erica Fren ay will introduce you to their flock of Katahdin hair sheep and show t wo silvopasture experiments at differing stages of maturity and with d ifferent goals. \nThe tour will be followed by a group discussion of the broader scope of agroforestry, including participants' interests a nd needs for further training, and cultivating local networks of agrof orestry producers.\n\nFor more information visit https://silvopasture. ning.com/events/silvopasture-on-a-shoestring DTSTART:20231021T170000Z DTEND:20231021T200000Z CATEGORIES:farm, education, and, outreach LOCATION:Shelterbelt Farm WEBSITE:http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=p4dbbwfab &oeidk=a07ek0gre4z7afcdd40 URL:http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=p4dbbwfab& ;oeidk=a07ek0gre4z7afcdd40 CONTACT: ORGANIZER;CN="Gabe Smith":https://silvopasture.ning.com/profile/GabeSm ith ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Carl Wic k":https://silvopasture.ning.com/profile/CarlWick ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Gabe Smi th":https://silvopasture.ning.com/profile/GabeSmith ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Scott O 'Bar":https://silvopasture.ning.com/profile/ScottOBar ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Sally L eong":https://silvopasture.ning.com/profile/SallyLeong ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="tatiana L Stanton":https://silvopasture.ning.com/profile/tatianaLStanton END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR