{"id":44094,"date":"2025-10-03T10:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T14:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/?page_id=44094"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:31:09","slug":"silvopasture","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/","title":{"rendered":"Silvopasture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Project Lead: <a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/about\/erica-frenay\/\">Erica Frenay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Silvopasture is the thoughtful integration of trees, forage, and livestock in a managed system that provides shade and sometimes feed for animals, improves soil health, and enhances farm biodiversity. In addition to offering climate resilience, silvopasture can support carbon sequestration efforts while diversifying farm income through harvested products like fruit, nuts, timber, or honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This practice is common in regions where farmers seek to transition from traditional pastureland to mixed-use systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"silvopasture-program-work-team-pwt-cochairs\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Silvopasture Program Work Team (PWT) Co-Chairs:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Erica Frenay, Director of Distance Learning and Climate Resilience, <a href=\"mailto:ejf5@cornell.edu\">ejf5@cornell.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Brett Chedzoy, Extension Forester Cooperative Extension Schuyler County, <a href=\"mailto:bjc226@cornell.edu\">bjc226@cornell.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"facetwp-template\" data-name=\"resource_children_cards\"><div class=\"fwpl-layout el-h3ek96\"><div class=\"fwpl-result r1\"><div class=\"fwpl-row el-e2xyx\"><div class=\"fwpl-col fwpl-col el-hd1mw\"><div class=\"fwpl-item el-1g51kh featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/silvopasture-presentations\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Presentations-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Presentations-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Presentations-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Presentations-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Presentations-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Presentations-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Presentations-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-s2bjxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/silvopasture-presentations\/\">Silvopasture Presentations<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-3zwyt\">Webinar Recordings from Monthly Silvopasture Program Work Team Meetings The Silvopasture Program Work Team (PWT) is a loose network of educators, researchers, and technical service &hellip;<\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-nopput\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/silvopasture-presentations\/\" class=\"fwpl-btn\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-result r2\"><div class=\"fwpl-row el-e2xyx\"><div class=\"fwpl-col fwpl-col el-hd1mw\"><div class=\"fwpl-item el-1g51kh featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/thinning-forests-and-adding-livestock\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Thinning-Forests-and-Adding-Livestock.jpg?fit=300%2C238&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Black Angus cattle at Brett Chedzoy\u2019s Angus Glen Farm graze in the dappled shade of a forest silvopasture.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Thinning-Forests-and-Adding-Livestock.jpg?w=360&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Thinning-Forests-and-Adding-Livestock.jpg?resize=300%2C238&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-s2bjxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/thinning-forests-and-adding-livestock\/\">Thinning Forests and Adding Livestock<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-3zwyt\">Forested land can be strategically thinned to allow forage growth in the understory that can be grazed by cattle, goats, sheep, poultry, or pigs. This &hellip;<\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-nopput\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/thinning-forests-and-adding-livestock\/\" class=\"fwpl-btn\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-result r3\"><div class=\"fwpl-row el-e2xyx\"><div class=\"fwpl-col fwpl-col el-hd1mw\"><div class=\"fwpl-item el-1g51kh featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/small-farm-quarterly-articles\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Planting-a-Small-Silvopasture_4-14xtxll.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Planting-a-Small-Silvopasture_4-14xtxll.jpg?w=2048&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Planting-a-Small-Silvopasture_4-14xtxll.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Planting-a-Small-Silvopasture_4-14xtxll.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Planting-a-Small-Silvopasture_4-14xtxll.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Planting-a-Small-Silvopasture_4-14xtxll.jpg?resize=1568%2C1176&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-s2bjxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/small-farm-quarterly-articles\/\">Small Farm Quarterly Articles<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-3zwyt\">Six Key Principles for a Successful Silvopasture by Steve Gabriel Read More Pigs &#8216;n Trees by Joe Orefice Read More Assessing Woodlands for Silvopasture By &hellip;<\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-nopput\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/small-farm-quarterly-articles\/\" class=\"fwpl-btn\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-result r4\"><div class=\"fwpl-row el-e2xyx\"><div class=\"fwpl-col fwpl-col el-hd1mw\"><div class=\"fwpl-item el-1g51kh featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/planting-trees-into-pasture\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Planting-Trees-into-Pasture-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Planting-Trees-into-Pasture-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Planting-Trees-into-Pasture-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Planting-Trees-into-Pasture-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Planting-Trees-into-Pasture-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Planting-Trees-into-Pasture-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Planting-Trees-into-Pasture-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-s2bjxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/planting-trees-into-pasture\/\">Planting Trees into Pasture<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-3zwyt\">Planted silvopasture systems can be as diverse as your imagination permits. Depending on your goals, you can simply add shade to protect livestock and forages &hellip;<\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-nopput\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/planting-trees-into-pasture\/\" class=\"fwpl-btn\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-result r5\"><div class=\"fwpl-row el-e2xyx\"><div class=\"fwpl-col fwpl-col el-hd1mw\"><div class=\"fwpl-item el-1g51kh featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/silvopasture-benefits\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Benefits-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Benefits-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Benefits-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Benefits-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Benefits-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Benefits-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Silvopasture-Benefits-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-s2bjxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/silvopasture-benefits\/\">Silvopasture Benefits<\/a><\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-3zwyt\">While many critical research questions remain, the existing body of scientific literature is clear on the myriad benefits of systems that thoughtfully integrate livestock with &hellip;<\/div><div class=\"fwpl-item el-nopput\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallfarms.cornell.edu\/es\/recursos\/silvopasture\/silvopasture-benefits\/\" class=\"fwpl-btn\">Read more<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style>\n.fwpl-layout, .fwpl-row {\n    display: grid;\n}\n.fwpl-layout.el-h3ek96 {\n    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);\n    grid-gap: 25px;\n}\n.fwpl-btn {\n    text-decoration: none;\n}\n.fwpl-row.el-e2xyx {\n    grid-template-columns: 1fr;\n}\n.fwpl-item.el-s2bjxx {\n    padding: 25px 0px;\n    font-weight: bold;\n    font-size: 22px;\n}\n.fwpl-item.el-3zwyt {\n    padding: 0px 0px 25px 0px;\n    font-size: 16px;\n}\n@media (max-width: 480px) { \n    body .facetwp-template .fwpl-layout,  \n    body .facetwp-template-static .fwpl-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } \n} \n.featured-image {\n   height: 220px;\n   overflow: hidden;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"general-silvopasture-resources\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>General Silvopasture Resources<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.dnr.cornell.edu\/ext\/info\/pubs\/MapleAgrofor\/Silvopasturing3-3-2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silvopasturing in the Northeast<\/a> is a publication by Peter Smallidge and Brett Chedzoy that outlines the basic principles and approaches to the practice of thinning forests for silvopasture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulsmiths.edu\/people\/files\/2016\/06\/Photo-Guide-to-Northeastern-United-States-Silvopasture-1lmctmt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo Guide to Northeastern United States Silvopasture<\/a> by Joe Orifice offers a nice array of examples from active farms demonstrating the wide range of possibilities for silvopasture systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/treesforgraziers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Investment-Case-for-Silvopasture.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Investment Case for Silvopasture<\/a> by Trees for Graziers &#8211; why planting trees into pasture makes economic sense<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/silvopasture.ning.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silvopasture.ning.com<\/a> &#8211; networking with practitioners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Silvopasture Program Work Team (PWT) is a loose network of educators and farm service providers who meet regularly to share information and plan workshops on silvopasture around NYS. If you&#8217;re interested in joining, reach out to <a href=\"mailto:ejf5@cornell.edu\">Erica Frenay<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silvopasture is the thoughtful integration of trees, forage, and livestock in a managed system that provides shade and sometimes feed for animals, improves soil health, and enhances farm biodiversity. 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