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Agroforester Job Opening

Appalachian Sustainable Development is searching for a part-time, regionally remote Agroforester to join our team! This new position will b…

Started by Katie Commender

1 Jan 31, 2023
Reply by Dylan Heagy

Recap: Trees for shade, fodder, and carbon webinar (Virginia Tech, WMLand Solutions, and Working Trees)

Hi all -- glad to be a part of the group! At Working Trees we get producers paid for the carbon stored in silvopasture systems. Earlier th…

Started by John Foye

0 Sep 8, 2022

Considerations for Establishing Silvopastures on Wooded Sites now online!

Agroforestry Note #50: Considerations for Establishing Silvopastures on Wooded Sites is now online at the USDA National Agroforestry Center…

Started by Kate MacFarland

0 May 13, 2022

Silvopasturing in Ireland

An nice example of how silvopasturing makes sense just about anywhere that trees & forages can be grown together: https://thatsfarming.…

Started by Brett Chedzoy

0 May 12, 2022

Beating out the bad plants in the early stages of a new silvopasture

There are related discussions on the forum discussing shade tolerant forages mixes and profiling a number of farms that have used various s…

Started by Brett Chedzoy

5 Apr 1, 2022
Reply by Alex Caskey

Starting a silvopasture in the woods

We have about 20+ acres of woods we can use as a silvopasture, but we're not sure how to start it. The woods are a mess, and we're not sure…

Started by Joe Repetur

8 Mar 21, 2022
Reply by Cydney Cornell

Seeking practitioners of tree and livestock integration for a Northeast inventory

Seeking practitioners of tree and livestock integration for a Northeast inventory Please send this out through your networks- we're activel…

Started by Jono Neiger

1 Mar 21, 2022
Reply by Cydney Cornell

Woods-pastured pigs and goats

Hi folks, our farm is considering a pig, goat rotation (keeping species separate) through our 80 acres of woodlands to manage invasives. I…

Started by Yotum Almor

3 Jan 21, 2022
Reply by doug j hardy

Agroforester Job Posting - 1/9/22

Greetings, Appalachian Sustainable Development (ASD) is searching for an Agroforester to join our team! This new position will focus on all…

Started by Katie Commender

0 Dec 16, 2021

Tree Fodder Interview

Hey folks, for podcast folks, here's a recent interview on utilizing tree fodder with Shana Hanson we just released! If you search on youtu…

Started by Andy Ciccone

0 Dec 13, 2021

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willow fodder block

Started by Emily Macdonald Mar 20. 0 Replies

Can anyone share experiences with willow fodder for sheep?  What cultivars did you use? Good sources for obtaining cuttings? What density did you plant?  How did it work out? Did the sheep like…Continue

Forages, Grasses, Legumes

Started by Travis Hermance Mar 18. 0 Replies

I am clearing my woodlots for silvopasture in the Mid-Hudson River Valley in New York State. Can anyone recommend a good mixture of grasses and legumes that are more shade tolerate for my new…Continue

Pasture in forest practitioners tend to have higher uptake of climate-smart forestry practices?

Started by Robbie Coville Mar 15. 0 Replies

Months ago I had read that woodland graziers tend to have higher acceptance of forest management activities: logging, thinning, mechanical interventions, prescribed burning, chemical treatments,…Continue

Busy fall in the silvopasture world

Started by Brett Chedzoy. Last reply by Joshua Greene Jan 2. 1 Reply

Hopefully some of you have found the time to attend either the "SilvoPro" training this week in PA or maybe even the International Agroforestry Conference in Ireland.  Look forward to some updates…Continue

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