Resources

By John Fike, Virginia Tech. John walks us through his experience with silvopasture, historical context, research results including shade benefits, and rates of adoption and producer perspectives. Watch recording

By Steve Gabriel. In this video Steve describes how and why he has integrated silvopasture into his farm, including his design principles and lessons learned. Watch recording

By Shana Hanson of 3 Streams Farm in ME. Shana offers an example of a silvopasture system not commonly seen: she feeds her herd of goats on leaves cut from existing forest trees. She has collected and analyzed extensive data via 3 SARE Farmer Grants to understand feed value and palatability. NOTE: audio quality is…

By Kathie Arnold of Twin Oaks dairy in Truxton, NY. Kathie is a long-time organic dairy farmer who took time away from her farm duties to share how and why she is investing in planted silvopastures on her farm. Watch recording

By Justine Vanden Heuvel, Professor in Cornell Horticulture. While she does not often use the word «silvopasture» — tending to use «integrated crop-livestock systems» instead — she is doing important research on the integration of livestock in orchards of woody perennials such as vineyards. Watch recording

By Eli Roberts of Sunfleck Consulting. Eli joined us to dive into the details of a silvopasture system he designed, planted, and maintained for several years at All One, One All Farm in NY. Watch recording

By Eli Roberts of Sunfleck Consulting. Eli is a thoughtful designer with significant experience in the design of integrated tree-livestock systems. Here he offers his distilled thoughts on good design principles. Watch recording

By Erica Frenay of Cornell Small Farms Program and Shelterbelt Farm, and Lynn Bliven of CCE Allegany County and Wild Geese Farm. Both farmer educators share details of silvopasture system design, tree sourcing, planting method, and how they protect trees from livestock. Watch recording

At this inaugural meeting of the Silvopasture PWT, Erica Frenay shares why she was interested in implementing silvopasture on her farm, and how she got enough training and confidence to move forward. Connor Youngerman, co-chair of the Agroforestry PWT, shares results of farmer interest from a survey done by that PWT in 2021, and attendees…