On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 09:47, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Right. Silvopasture combines trees used for forestry with grass for > grazing. > >From the Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvopasture: Silvopasture is compatible with fruit, nut, and timber production. Grazing can serve as a cost-effective vegetation and weed control method. Silvopasture can also help reduce pests and disease in orchards - when introduced into an orchard after harvest, livestock are able to consume unharvested fruits, preventing pests and diseases from spreading via these unharvested fruits and in some cases consuming the pests themselves That means that the trees are used to produce for forestry products: > usually wood or timber, sometimes bark, sap, or other non-food products. > Or fruit. Or nuts. As per the Wikipedia article. > > Orchards produce food: usually fruits like bananas, coconuts or oranges, > but also tea leaves, coffee beans, and fruits used for oil like olives and > oil palms. (According to current osm usage) > See Wikipedia article, and above quotation from it. Silvopasture includes orchards and other food trees. -- Paul
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