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  • From: gking <sai@excel.net>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] The Loss of Our Trees
  • Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 19:46:23 -0500

> The phenomena of trees dying due to
> excess manure and compaction under their canopy is because there aren't
> enough trees in the system to spread that good shit around. Pays to
> remember that cattle are decendants of the forest browsing cattle of
> Europe & happiest/healthiest when 40% of their diet is browsings from
> trees & shrubs

its also called silvopasturing, an agroforestry practice. nature's
example of this is the oak savannahs of N. america, grazed and managed
by the buffalos and Native Americans, and fire





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