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  • Investigating in-season sheep grazing for cool climate vineyards

    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 […]

  • Details of a Fodder System at All One, One All Farm

    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 […]

  • Foundational Design Principles for Additive Silvopasture

    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 […]

  • Getting Started with Trees in Pastures

    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 […]

  • Why Silvopasture?

    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 […]

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  • NY Small Dairy Innovators

    Features 7 small dairies across NYS that have found methods of increasing profit and leisure time in a challenging dairy industry. Free Download [PDF] (5.12 MB) Editor: Violet Stone | […]

  • NY Small Farm Energy Innovators

    Profiles of farmers who save energy and use renewable systems, detailing installation costs, grants, energy saved or produced, and further resources. Free Download [WORD] (3.52 MB) Authors: Adrienne Masler, Annie […]

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