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Steve Gabriel, author of Farming the Woods (with Ken Mudge), is an ecologist, educator, and a forest farmer who has lived most of his life in the Finger Lakes region of New York. His personal mission is to reconnect people of all ages with the natural world and to provide the tools for good management of forests and other landscapes.
- Ken Mudge
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- Farming The Woods
Steve Gabriel, author of Farming the Woods (with Ken Mudge),...
- Ken Mudge
ORDER THE BOOK. About the Author. Steve Gabriel is an ecologist, farmer, educator, and consultant living and stewarding lands at Wellspring Forest Farm in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State.
Steve Gabriel is an ecologist, educator, author, and forest farmer who has lived most of his life in the Finger Lakes region of New York. He currently works for cooperative extension in the Department of Horticulture at Cornell, focused on permaculture and agroforestry research and education.
- Silvopasture can be established in existing woodlands, or trees can be brought into pasture. One of the nice aspects to silvopasture is that one can establish a system on almost any type of land.
- Animals are matched to land type and stage of succession. It’s critically important from the outset that the appropriate animal is chosen for a given site in order to reduce the potential of inflicting damage to the landscape.
- Animals are always on a rotation. This principle is implied above, and proper rotation of animals has been shown to have a myriad of benefits to a farm.
- Trees should match the soil type and microclimate and have multiple functions. One could arguably plant trees for the sole purpose of shading their livestock, but why not aim a bit higher?
Sep 23, 2014 · Steve Gabriel, author of Farming the Woods (with Ken Mudge), is an ecologist, educator, and a forest farmer who has lived most of his life in the Finger Lakes region of New York. His personal mission is to reconnect people of all ages with the natural world and to provide the tools for good management of forests and other landscapes.
Jan 12, 2015 · January 12, 2015 / Sarah Diana Nechamen. New Book for Enthusiasts of Agroforestry, Forest Gardening, and Specialty Crops. In 2009, co-authors Ken Mudge and Steve Gabriel met in the MacDaniels Nut Grove, Steve a student in Ken’s Practicum in Forest Farming class at Cornell University.
