In OFRF’s 2022 Nationwide Natural Analysis Agenda (NORA), natural farmers and ranchers throughout North America shared a standard concern concerning the lack of technical help and academic sources accessible for Built-in Crop-Livestock Techniques (ICLS). Integrating crops and livestock leads to quite a few advantages, nevertheless the method may also result in elevated complexity, particularly for farmers who should adhere to Nationwide Natural Program guidelines and rules.
At OFRF we all know the #1 supply of data is different farmers so on the finish of final yr we put out a name for reference to farmers engaged in crop-livestock integration. We wish to thank everybody that responded! Along with your assist, OFRF is proud to launch a suite of sources centered on Built-in Crop-Livestock Techniques (ICLS) knowledgeable by interviews with 4 highly-experienced natural producers who shared their challenges, successes, and recommendation. We additionally wish to say thanks to Natural Valley’s Farmers Advocating for Organics program for supporting this undertaking.
The farmers featured on this sequence are:
The suite of sources consists of:
- farmer tales;
- podcast-style audio interviews;
- a video presentation;
- downloadable factsheets on the next key subjects:
- in addition to a group of hyperlinks to different ICLS-related sources.
All of this may be discovered on our web site at https://ofrf.org/crop-livestock-integration/
