Why browse woody plants?
To face the challenges arising from decreasing water and fossil fuel resources, dairy systems will have to limit their use of irrigation, mineral nitrogen fertilisers and exogenous concentrates.
Trees planted on grasslands and between fields in the “Juchowo Farm”
North-Western, Poland. Photo by Robert Borek
Typical landscape of Montado with Holm oak (Quercus rotundifolia)
SouthEast Portugal. by João Palma
Montado near Montemor-o-Novo
Portugal, photo by Michael den Herder
Agforward General Assembly in 2017
Strip-like willow plantations offer a variety of retreats for birds and game
WeidenArt, Germany. Photo by Rico Hübner
Silvoarable agroforestry experiment with poplar and barley
Bedfordshire in 2002, UK, by Paul Burgess.
Sweet cherry in combination with vegetables on an organic farm
North Western Switzerland. Photo by Felix Herzog
Silvopastoral system in Poland
Clover ley and apple trees
Shillingford Organics, Devon UK. Photo by Jo Smith, ORC
Celtic Pigs in Silvopastoral Systems
Galicia, Spain