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Barbara Boughton

State where you live or work?

NY

County where you live or work?

Rensselaer

What is your occupation relative to silvopasture? (for example, owner/producer, extension specialist, agency specialist, etc.)

Owner/producer

Please describe, with two or three sentences, why you are interested in silvopasture. Your answer helps us ensure that only those people truly interested in silvopasture are added as members.

I live on my great great grandparents land. 35 acres of woods. They were blacksmiths and farmers. When I grew up here (50 years ago), there were still remnants of blueberry bushes, which they picked and sold at markets. I have sheep and very little grass. I would like to steward the woods for the next generations putting in place a management plan for the next 20-30 years. I want to manage trees and livestock, and manage trees for healthy forests. I’d like to learn about planting black locust for future fence posts, biochar, carbon sequestration, lots of things. I love to take the Cornell small farms classes.