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.
Mature grazed woodland at Clapham Park
Bedfordshire, UK
Alley-cropping at Vattholma, Sweden
Montado near Montemor-o-Novo
Portugal, photo by Michael den Herder
Goats and Fraxinus, Portugal
Photo by Joana Amaral Paulo
Mixed livestock browsing in holm oak montado
Photo by João Palma
Agroforestry with willow used as medicinal fodder
Shropshire, UK. Photo by Jo Smith, ORC
Fattening pigs in willow Research Centre Foulum
AU DK. Photo by Anne Grete Kongsted
Olive trees + grazing + traditional stone walls
Photo by João HN Palma
Clover ley and apple trees
Shillingford Organics, Devon UK. Photo by Jo Smith, ORC
Squashes in SRC silvoarable system
Wakelyns