EURAF Policy Briefing 11: EU agroforestry policy for a North American audience

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Economic benefits of grazed apple orchards in England - Grazing under half-standard or standard trees

Why graze orchards with sheep?

Orchard grazing can offer financial and environmental benefits. The experience of stakeholders in the AGFORWARD project is that some lowland sheep breeds (e.g. Shropshire) can successfully graze on orchards which have been pruned to a height of 1-2 m without noticeable losses in apple yields. Sheep producers can profit from an additional source of grass in the orchards, and the release of grazed land for hay production. Orchard owners can profit from reduced mowing costs, increased nitrogen cycling and a rent from the sheep owner. There can also be societal benefits in terms of employment and plant biodiversity.

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Herdade do Freixo do Meio (Portugal)

After being confiscated in 1974 during the Carnation Revolution, HFM was returned to the former owners in 1990 and since then tried to bring a new way of managing this heritage guided by the ethics of respect for the people and for the environment.

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07 Aug 2021

EURAF contributed to the 2021 North American Agroforestry Conference with a Briefing titled "EU Agroforestry Policy 11". This gives a short overview of the status of policy discussions in the European Union. Read on for more details HERE and leave comments HERE.

Mixed livestock browsing in holm oak montado

Agroforestry with chicken

Silvopastoral system in Poland

Trees planted on grasslands and between fields in the “Juchowo Farm”

Oak agro-silvo-pastoral system

Sheep in Apple Orchards Loughgall

Whitehall Farm, Cambs, UK, apples and arable

Montado + cattle

Authochtonous goat breed (Serpentina) grazing under Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia)

Knepp Re-Wilding Project

EURAF Policy Briefing 11: EU agroforestry policy for a North American audience