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Another excellent example is Mark Shepard on his New Forest Farm. He successfully replicated the oak savannah that covered a lot of the US before the Europeans
by rhesa 5y ago
Another excellent example is Mark Shepard on his New Forest Farm.
He successfully replicated the oak savannah that covered a lot of the US before the Europeans tore it up, but using species that are useful for humans.
Like you're saying, the animals are an integral part of that system: reducing pests, mowing and pruning, cleaning up waste etc.
- TollingSteady 5y agoI definitely think his use of renewable energy is a great step forward. The trouble is that he seems to keep a lot of ruminants for the amount of land he has. Ruminants produce very potent greenhouse gases that are not offset by sequestration (cited a few times in other sources), so with that plus all of his other animals kept I'd be very interested in independently gathered data (i.e. not marketing materials he wrote himself ) about the GHG production / absorption by his land. Sadly, I'm struggling to find the number of animals he keeps or anything I could use to run any sort of calculation. Therefore, this definitely looks like the closest I've seen to sustainable animal agriculture, but its claims are currently unsubstantiated.