Cows graze in a silvopasture area on April 19, 2023, on Wild Harmony Farm in Exeter, R.I. To understand silvopasture, imagine you’re a cow grazing under full sun on a hot August day. It’s 95 degrees ...

Silvopasture in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Silvopasture, a historical practice that involves integrating trees into pasture-based systems for livestock, appears to be growing in popularity as ...

In 2016, drought struck Steve Gabriel’s sheep farm. There was little grass and hay prices were climbing, so Gabriel and his wife, Elizabeth, fed their sheep brush from their forestland. “It saved us ...

Because silvopasture is the combination and intersection of trees, livestock and pasture, farmers and ranchers are like an orchestra conductor when it comes to managing those three elements. So says ...

As climate change continues to warm the planet, it will become more important to take advantage of the environmental services trees provide, especially in tropical areas that already experience ...

When Elizabeth and Steve Gabriel eventually leave their Wellspring Forest Farm in the Finger Lakes region of New York state, it’s their intention to leave a forest behind them as opposed to what they ...

To understand silvopasture, imagine you’re a cow grazing under full sun on a hot August day. It’s 95 degrees and the humidity is brutal. “Do you want to be out there eating a full buffet?” asked Joe ...