Establishing Silvopasture from Unmanaged Timbered Areas: Greg Judy

Greg Judy of Green Pastures Farm, shared his wealth of knowledge and experiences grazing livestock in balance with nature. Learn how to turn unmanaged forests into silvopasture. Greg also shared a lot of great tips for managing rotational grazing, livestock, shiitake mushroom production, land access, and more!
Funding for this video was provided by the USDA North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Service (www.northcentralsare.org/).
Learn more about agroforestry and perennial agriculture at www.savannainstitute.org.

[@kirtusstruthers3175]

Thank you for sharing this. Greg Judy is a rock star.

[@emilmoldovan1789]

Amazing!!!!! This farmer is a piece of gold!!

[@SavannaInstitute]

Agreed!!

[@NS-pf2zc]

I get seriously giddy about this type of stuff. Greg is a genious.

[@muchimi]

sounds amazing.

[@b_uppy]

Don't think he mentioned it but honeylocust beans are people food as well, and the honey locusts are great at assisting nitrogen fixing, which really helps pastures.
It should be mentioned that they can be high protein so they would be a problem for horses.
Much of this looks overgrazed, but I would assume much of the shorter grasses are due to these being earlier in the reclamation process...
29:09 the mushroom cultivation is a great stacking of use!
58:10 Our local butchers help farmers and ranchers by dealing with livestock onsite instead of hauling live animals.
He could use natural methods to seal ponds instead of sackrete or tires. That bit makes me cringe...

[@dungeonmaster6292]

You make me cringe

[@newt13spacerider7]

thank you for sharing this info, do your cows stay out in the fields, or do they go to an enclosure at night?

[@russellsmith3825]

A Johnson Su bioreactor might be a good way to inoculate the soil with micorhizal fungi

[@kevinmccarthy6862]

If this practice was used around the world 🌎 the soil would grow about anything. Temperatures around the world would change.

[@b_uppy]

They'd still need to add rainwater harvesting earthworks from onsite materials, but that would add incredibly to localized resilience everywhere.

[@michaeleldridge5640]

If anyone is close to Southeastern Michigan and needs help implementing this, let me know, I am more than willing to volunteer. Thanks

[@dungeonmaster6292]

Lol 1600 acres sheeeesh man that's like 0.1% of people

[@victorygarden556]

You can use his practices on 20 acres, he has videos about different scale.

[@dungeonmaster6292]

@@victorygarden556 yes