Typical landscape of Montado with Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia)
SouthEast Portugal. by João Palma
Grape harvesting in between Sorbus domestica
Domaine de Restinclières, France
Mixed livestock browsing in holm oak montado
Photo by João Palma
Trees planted on grasslands and between fields in the “Juchowo Farm”
North-Western, Poland. Photo by Robert Borek
Seabuckthorn & Buffaloberry-based alley cropping
Saskatchewan, Canada. Photo by Laura Poppy and Ron Gares
Celtic Pigs in Silvopastoral Systems
Galicia, Spain
Agroforestry with willow used as medicinal fodder
Shropshire, UK. Photo by Jo Smith, ORC
Collection of reindeer
Photo by Daana Fjällberg of the Njaarke Sami village
Agroforestry with chicken
Shaping the trees
Trees planted at wide spacing naturally develop a shorter trunk, with a greater tendency to a sinuous and forked shape. They often bear many vigorous lateral branches that can hamper the movement of agricultural machinery.