<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 at 00:33, Martin Koppenhoefer <<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I agree the term silvopasture is not a synonym for meadow orchards. A meadow orchard is specifically low density/sparse trees, while silvopasture indicates a forest/woodland, i.e. denser tree cover.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Really? I don't see anything in the Wikipedia article that specifies the tree cover is dense. In</div><div>fact, it says: "Integrating pasture into existing woodland presents challenges as well:
the woodland</div><div> likely needs to be thinned to increase light infiltration" It also has pictures of several different</div><div>silvopastures, none of which appear to have dense tree cover throughout. <br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"> Also the meadow in meadow orchard can be used for either pasture or cutting the grass, while silvopasture implies pasture.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The trees scattered throughout would make it more economic to put animals out to pasture on</div><div> it than to mow it. But maybe where you are people do things the least efficient way. Even if</div><div>that is the case, I doubt that would remain viable for much longer.</div><div><br></div><div>BTW, we're probably fooling ourselves in many cases where we say a field is pasture or</div><div>meadow: it may change from year to year.</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div></div></div>