#40 How to diversify a milk and meat farm using silvopasture and alley cropping with Felix Riecken

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The Regenerative Agroforestry Podcast

Dimitri Tsitos & Etienne Compagnon

57 episodes

9 months ago

A space where we investigate the possibilities of agroforestry, share experiences and analyse different strategies, tools and techniques. We bring you quality, in-depth content, so that we can build together regenerative agroforestry systems.

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A space where we investigate the possibilities of agroforestry, share experiences and analyse different strategies, tools and techniques. We bring you quality, in-depth content, so that we can build together regenerative agroforestry systems.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#40 How to diversify a milk and meat farm using silvopasture and alley cropping with Felix Riecken

The Regenerative Agroforestry Podcast

1 hour 13 minutes 10 seconds

3 years ago

#40 How to diversify a milk and meat farm using silvopasture and alley cropping with Felix Riecken

I talk with Felix Riecken who is planting out silvopastoral and silvoarable systems on his 90ha family farm in the North of Germany. The farm traditionally produces cow milk and meat. He explains the journey that led him to agroforestry and integrating these techniques into the family business. His systems being still quite young, we focus the conversation on the design, the objectives and the establishment of the tree systems. This goes from choosing the right genetics, to protecting the trees and managing the weeds. Felix also explains how he successfully funded the agroforestry systems.

In Collaboration with the German Agroforestry Association (DeFAF)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

01:48 Felix’s story

08:18 Overview of the farm

20:16 Agroforestry systems

30:56 Objectives and design

40:13 Choosing varieties and genetics

46:38 Protection of the young trees

50:30 Weed management

55:34 Balancing complexity and labour

01:01:24 Funding

01:10 Next steps