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[Steve Hart <stevenlawrencehart@gmail.com>]

Surely...there must be many articles in "Acres"....Steve Hart

On 4 March 2013 10:36, Chris Carnevale <c.s.carnevale@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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