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Is it best that our food is Local and Organic or Big and Conventional? Our view is “Both, and..” We don’t come to the table with a bias, except that good farming like good food comes in all shapes and sizes. Farm to Table Talk explores issues and the growing interest in the story of how and where the food on our tables is produced, processed and marketed. The host, Rodger Wasson is a food and agriculture veteran. Although he was the first of his family to leave the grain and livestock farm a ...
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#6 Managing a 25 year old alley cropping system with David Wolfe
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By Dimitri Tsitos & Etienne Compagnon, Dimitri Tsitos, and Etienne Compagnon. Discovered by Player FM and our community — copyright is owned by the publisher, not Player FM, and audio is streamed directly from their servers. Hit the Subscribe button to track updates in Player FM, or paste the feed URL into other podcast apps.
In this episode we have the chance to interview the manager of Wakelyns Farm, amongst the oldest agroforestry systems in Europe. David gives us a great insight into what a fully running agroforestry system looks like. We get into understanding the decisions involved when managing mature trees, what tradeoffs arise with time, and how to balance their needs with the crops grown in the alleys.
David also explains how he is shifting the strategy of the farm from a research project to a demonstration site with more diverse revenue streams, bringing many new people and productions on site in the process.
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:02:44 Introduction of Wakelyns Farm
00:11:40 Intercropping systems description
00:22:17 Alternative intercrops: vegetables and animals
00:28:13 Coppicing vs pollarding systems
00:33:28 Mechanisation
00:36:13 Ecosystem benefits
00:42:23 Diversifying the business
00:51:59 Mistakes
00:58:27 Economic viability
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