• Are you a forester, farmer, land manager or natural resource professional?

• Have you heard the term “silvopasture” and wondered what it might actually look like in Vermont?

• Are you concerned about the impacts of livestock in forested areas?

Join Joseph Orefice of Paul Smith’s College and Brett Chedzoy of Cornell Cooperative Extension in this working session about the practice and possibility of silvopasture in the Northeast.

Topics covered will include:

• Tree spacing, selection and stocking

• Forage establishment and management

• Grazing best management practices for silvopasture systems

• Silvopasture sustainability: regeneration, tree health and profitability

Register online

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This working session is presented as part of the 19^th Annual VT Grazing & Livestock Conference.  More details about the full conference, including online workshop schedule, are available here.  The conference hosted by the Vermont Grass Farmers Association (VGFA) and the Vermont Beef Producers’ Associations (VBPA), and coordinated by the UVM Extension Center for Sustainable Agriculture.  Registration discounts are available for VGFA and VBPA members.  More details about the conference as well as registration are available at www.uvm.edu/pasture .  Contact conference coordinator Jenn Colby at jcolby@uvm.edu, (802) 656-5459 with any questions.

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If you require accessibility accommodations to participate in this program, please let Jenn Colby, (802) 656-5459 know by January 1, 2015 so we may assist you.