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Sheep as landscape and forest managers

On Monday 20 August, members of the Finnish Agroforestry Innovation Network met to see how landscape and forest management can be combined with sheep herding. The fieldtrip/workshop was hosted by Vaahermäen lammastila (@vaahermaki), a sheep farm in Savonranta, eastern Finland. Some quite large forest areas belong to the farm. The farm keeps Finnsheep (Suomenlammas) which graze freely in the surrounding forests throughout the whole summer from May until September.

English
Submitted by cristinanascimento on Thu, 08/30/2018 - 16:50

Retenção de água em ambientes semi-áridos com solos arenosos

A Finca Equilibrium é uma quinta de 6 hectares que começou a sua actividade em Janeiro de 2017, localizada a 55km de Lisboa, no Poceirão (38.717048, -8.756364). A região é caracterizada por ter uma topografia plana e um clima quente e seco, com solos arenosos, com valores de matéria orgânica muito baixos, e zonas de encharcamento de água (“pegões”) sobre camadas muito ricas em argila (barro).

Portuguese, Portugal
Submitted by cristinanascimento on Thu, 08/30/2018 - 16:30

Water retention in semi-arid environments with sandy soils

The Finca Equilibrium is a six hectares farm that started its activities in January 2017, in Poceirão, located 55km inland from Lisbon in Central Portugal (38.717048, -8.756364). The region is characterized by a flat topography with hot and dry weather, sandy soils with very low organic matter values and pools of water (“pegões”) over heavy clay layers.

English
Submitted by cristinanascimento on Mon, 08/20/2018 - 13:51