Articles, Big Picture, Economics
Picture a farm with ambitions to expand, to produce more food for more people, to make more money, and to employ more people in good, regenerative agricultural work. There are myriad ways of doing so, including stacking new enterprises on the farm like raising...
Articles, Big Picture, Economics
I’ve been very encouraged lately to see more and more conservation groups gain interest in silvopasture (in this case, specifically planting trees into pastures) as a powerful conservation tool. These include groups concerned with climate change and carbon...
Articles, Big Picture, Economics
I did a podcast interview just recently where I was asked why I am a contrarian in my field. I could answer that a number of different ways, but in the field of silvopasture, Trees For Graziers stands out because we focus very little on timber. And I believe that has...
Articles, Big Picture, Planning
You all know the old saying. You can have something done well, done quickly, or done on the cheap. You can have two, but never three. While this may not hold up everywhere, it certainly does in the world of agroforestry, and offers a useful decision-making...
Articles, Big Picture, Economics, Why Silvopasture
I’ve written before about why we at Trees For Graziers focus on silvopasture, particularly silvopasture for livestock feed. I believe that if we want to see agroforestry adopted at scale, meaning tens of millions of acres, it’s going to be through silvopasture with...
Articles, Big Picture, Establishing Trees, Planning
(Note: In the photo above, unprotected willow stakes were destroyed by white-tailed deer.) When it comes to developing silvopasture plans, there is a need for a combination of humility and critical thinking before one commits to a plan. Humility, because the list of...
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