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[Chris Carnevale <c.s.carnevale@gmail.com>]

The Overstory has also published a few editions on animals in
agroforestry.  Remember that these are written for tropical climate, but
there is plenty to be inspired by:

-Edition # 35, "Animals in
Agroforestry"<http://agroforestry.net/overstory/overstory35.html>
-Edition # 36, "Silvopasture: An Agroforestry
Practice"<http://agroforestry.net/overstory/overstory36.html>
-Edition # 37, "Trees/Livestock
Examples"<http://agroforestry.net/overstory/overstory37.html>
-Edition # 50, "Animal/Tractor
Systems"<http://agroforestry.net/overstory/overstory50.html>

ATTRA also has published information sheets on similar topics:

-https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/livestock/pasture.html

-https://attra.ncat.org/uofa/docs/WhatIsAgroforestry.pptx

-https://attra.ncat.org/...a-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=62

Chris Carnevale
Charleston, South Carolina

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Nathan Ayers <ayers.nathan@gmail.com>wrote:

> Darren Doherty and Mark shepherd. Darren's website and Marks new book are
> very current examples of regenerative agro forestry with rotational grazing.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 2, 2013, at 9:35 PM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I have never heard this suggested before but it is a very good concept:
> > herds of livestock, i.e. cattle, sheep, goats, even pigs
> > being pastured and grass fed in a rotational fashion on lands owned by
> many
> > people who would benefit from 1) keeping unwanted plant crops (weeds)
> > or cover crops consumed by these animals 2) soil fertilization from the
> > manure from these animals. It would seen that this would be an easy thing
> > to do.
> > Either herd the animals together and walk them to a new pasture or
> > transport them with a trailer (goats might require this, maybe sheep and
> > cattle too).
> > The landowners providing rotation pasturing could also help somewhat in
> > managing the herds that are on their land at the time. No reason not to
> > mild those that
> > have been freshened and that's where the perk comes in for the landowner.
> > Schedule grazing for milk providers on land where the owners want the
> milk.
> > Maybe
> > some of the livestock owners are not dairymen but the pasture land
> > providers would like to be but don;t want to have to own a herd; i.e.
> part
> > time dairymen;
> > they have milk for cheese when the animals are available for milking but
> > not necessarily year round. Meat animals could be harvested when culls
> are
> > available;
> > meat could be shared or sold to benefit everyone involved in the
> rotational
> > grazing scheme, livestock owners and non-livestock-owning land owners.
> > Parcel out
> > each herd on as many parcels of land as necessary to avoid overgrazing
> and
> > soil compaction, i.e. size the hear to the carrying capacity of the
> > pasture.
> >
> > This sounds like an amazing win-win plan. I am no expert on this while
> many
> > others in this list are.
> >
> > LL
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Graham Unangst-Rufenacht <
> > graham.rufenacht@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Folks,
> >>
> >> I'm looking for some comprehensive, informative, and concise resources
> >> about regenerative grazing and agroforestry.  I am working gathering
> >> interested parties and am initiating a community managed / owned herd
> and
> >> agroforestry project in central Vermont.  I am specifically looking for
> >> materials to bring to Town Meeting which I can have available for folks
> to
> >> read and / or bring home with them - i'm looking for readings, systems
> >> designs sketches, photographs and documentation, etc. - things that
> will be
> >> both inspiring and informative that I can set up at a table and use to
> >> effectively get people engaged in considering a new positive potential
> for
> >> themselves, the land, their relationship with the land, and the future
> of
> >> the community.
> >>
> >> This is a community with a rich agricultural history, but cattle in
> >> particular are currently associated with erosion and run-off, ground
> water
> >> contamination, manure pits, large dairy operations, large corn
> >> monocultures, and closely cropped and poorly maintained pastures.  The
> >> human habitation pattern is such that there are many 5-25 acre
> properties
> >> of mixed forest and old field being annually maintained with haying or
> >> brush-hogging (mechanically maintained).  This habitation pattern (as
> well
> >> as numerous old logging roads, barns, the VAST - vermont association of
> >> snow travelers - trails, dirt roads, etc) lends itself well to a
> community
> >> owned herd that could migrate through the neighborhood, biologically
> >> maintaining these landscapes, over the course of the grazing season.
>  Even
> >> starting small, beginning to encourage a more participatory and lineage
> >> based relationship between people and the communities and places they
> live,
> >> beginning to generate more topsoil, implementing agroforestry designs to
> >> diversify yields over time, showing that its possible and beautiful and
> >> productive - there is excellent potential for shared costs and benefits
> >> reaching well beyond individuals to other organizations such as the
> schools
> >> in town.
> >>
> >> I don't need to preach to the choir - thanks for the advice and resource
> >> suggestions!
> >>
> >> Graham Unangst-Rufenacht
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