An immediate impromptu
2025 Tree Fodder & Browse Seminar at
3 Streams Farm is happening
Sunday August 31st through Wed. September 3rd, since Wolfe's Neck Cente's Manager of Integrated Livestock and Forage Systems.Elizabeth Tarantino and previous School Gardens person Laura Gjessing are coming Sunday & Monday, then Wolfe's Neck Center intern Tom who has professional climbing skills to share is coming Tuesday & Wednesday.
You are welcome to join us; please call 338-3301 and leave voicemail : )
Coming up Monday, Sept 8, 11 AM to 12,
& also Monday, Oct 20, 2025:
A group of agricultural educators in NY state have scheduled two 1 hr tree forage web events for themselves, and others are welcome to attend:
Monday Sept 8th, 11 AM to Noon, Forage use of Northeastern woody species: Opportunities within existing silvopastural systems.: Shana Hanson will present, then Erica Frenay will facilitate Q & A and discussion.
Monday, October 20th, 11 AM to Noon, Scalable development for use of temperate woody forages in silvopastural systems: Planning efficiency: Karl Hallen of SUNY ESF Willow Biomass project and Hallen Farm will present with Shana Hanson, then Erica Frenay will facilitate Q & A and discussion.
ZOOM LINK:
MOFG Common Ground Country Fair
is hosting 3 presentations by Shana Hanson (some 2x), on Saturday Sept 20 & Sunday Sept 21, 2025. (You must look in their schedule.)
Recent Presentation:
Tree & Shrub Leaf Silage Production for Agroforestry Systems NOFA Mass May 2nd 2024:
NOFA MA presentation May 2024 updated Feb 1st 2025, much text added
Reference lists:
Climate info:
Peter Bane, audio rec. of presentation at Soil and Nutrition Conference Nov. 2019
1700s-1800s Swedish Farmer Journals on Leaf Harvest (Informal English Translation) (Carlsson, 1996)
2nd European Symposium on Pollarding Proceedings (Ancelin et al., 2018)
Video: How Trees Help Moderate Global Climate (Dr Jan Pokorný)
Heat Planet: Biodiversity, the Solar Interface, and Climate Disruption (Haines 2020)
Solar Energy Dissipation and Temperature Control by Water and Plants (Pokorný et al. 2010)
Wetlands and Forests Regulate Climate via Evapotranspiration (Heslerova et al. 2019)
Huryna, H., & Pokorný, J. (2016). The role of water and vegetation in the distribution of solar energy and local climate: A review. Folia Geobotanica, 51(3), 191-208.
Solar Energy Dissipation and Temperature Control by Water and Plants (Pokorný et al. 2010)
Wetlands and Forests Regulate Climate via Evapotranspiration (Heslerova et al. 2019)
Huryna, H., & Pokorný, J. (2016). The role of water and vegetation in the distribution of solar energy and local climate: A review. Folia Geobotanica, 51(3), 191-208.
What can a tree do? Jan Pokorný (2015)
Hanson (2021): Re-Greening an Earth on Hospice: Climate Care On-Farm, Right Here, for NOFA Natural Farmer
Hanson (2021): Re-Greening an Earth on Hospice: Climate Care On-Farm, Right Here, for NOFA Natural Farmer
The Photovoltaic Heat Island Effect: Larger solar power plants increase local temperatures (Allen et al. 2016)
Hanson (2021): Solar Panels on Fields
Tree Fodder-related Documents:
Tree Fodder-related Documents:
1700s-1800s Swedish Farmer Journals on Leaf Harvest (Informal English Translation) (Carlsson, 1996)
2nd European Symposium on Pollarding Proceedings (Ancelin et al., 2018)
Best Practices Guide for Pollarding (Aragon et al., n.d.)
Harvest of Tree Canopies Can Magnify Benefits of Silvopastures (Hanson, 2019)
SARE FNE18-897 Tree Leaf Fodder: Transitioning Farm Woodlots to "Air-Meadow" for Climate Resilience 2018 Annual Report (Hanson, 2019)
SARE FNE18-897 Tree Leaf Fodder: Transitioning Farm Woodlots to "Air-Meadow for Climate Resilience 2020 Final Report (Hanson, 2020)
SARE FNE22-013 Efficient Leaf-dense Tree/Shrub Leaf-Silage Production from Field Edges 2022 Annual Report (Hanson, 2023)
SARE FNE22-013 Efficient Leaf-dense Tree/Shrub Leaf-Silage Production from Field Edges 2023 Annual Reportt (Hanson, 2024)
SARE FNE22-013 Efficient Leaf-dense Tree/shrub Silage from Field Edges 2025 Final Report (Hanson, 2025)
Tree Leaf Fodder Production; Northern Livestock Farmers are Retrieving Ancient Carbon Farming Methods (Hanson, 2016)
When Art & Science Meet: Integrating Knowledge of French Herders with Science of Foraging Behavior (Meuret & Provenza, 2015)
Wooded Hay Meadows as Viable Production Systems (Rydgren et al., 2012)
Woodland Fodder Calendar (Hanson, 2015)
VTGF Mini-Grant Lab testing of Stored Winter Tree Leaf Fodders Final Report (Hanson, 2020)
The Poor Prole's Almanac with Shana about tree fodder: Episode 67 and Episode 68
NOFA NH 2022 Winter Conference: Tree Forages and Browse for Livestock Year-round
MOFGA Farmer to Farmer 2019: Extending the "Grazing*" Season; Tree Fodder and other Strategies, 10/4/19.
MOFGA Farmer to Farmer 2019: Part 1 & Part 2
Shana's pre-Tree Fodder Seminar Library Talk, 2016, with pictures inserted by Jenny Johnson: "Our Sustenance From Trees; A New Look At An Ancient Solution;"
I am happy for anyone to learn and sing my songs (do give credit to Shana at 3 Streams Farm, if you perform).
The pics on the music videos are just my pocket camera having to point somewhere (mostly out my window).
I hope to polish up my reams of farm songs on goat walks, during the growing season. I will continue to record with this little camera, winter evenings soon, now that I know it works! (and on goat walks too once it's warm). So check the folder later - it may grow : )
Years ago I made the money to buy my land, by being a street musician. Must recover now from lack of venues during COVID! Enjoy. Sh
Wooded Hay Meadows as Viable Production Systems (Rydgren et al., 2012)
Woodland Fodder Calendar (Hanson, 2015)
VTGF Mini-Grant Lab testing of Stored Winter Tree Leaf Fodders Final Report (Hanson, 2020)
Videos:
Agroforestry in Brazil, sent by Alison Houghton Life in Syntropy
Beeju Poudyal's video of Hima and child Bimarsha cutting tree leaf fodder for their cattle and goats in Nepal Poudyal 2017
Ernst Zurcher, "Chronobiology of Trees and the Fourth Phase of Water"
Juan Alvez, presentation for Tree Fodder Seminar 2019: Agro-Forest Ecosystem Studies in Brazil
3 Streams Farm Biochar Method: Open-burn Biochar Workshop (short)
Ned Lightener and Shana on How to Prune Apple Trees: Pruning (old) Apple Trees
Short Climate Video (Jan Pokorný, PhD)
Beeju Poudyal's video of Hima and child Bimarsha cutting tree leaf fodder for their cattle and goats in Nepal Poudyal 2017
Ernst Zurcher, "Chronobiology of Trees and the Fourth Phase of Water"
Juan Alvez, presentation for Tree Fodder Seminar 2019: Agro-Forest Ecosystem Studies in Brazil
3 Streams Farm Biochar Method: Open-burn Biochar Workshop (short)
Ned Lightener and Shana on How to Prune Apple Trees: Pruning (old) Apple Trees
Short Climate Video (Jan Pokorný, PhD)
Tap O' Noth Permaculture, Making Hay From Trees
Shana's presentations:
Climate Presentation, June 2023
NOFA NH 2023: Livestock Want Browse: Doable Methods For Use of Wild Woody Perennials -- Presentation and Handout
NOFA NH 2022: Tree Forages and Browse for Livestock Year-Round: Continued Learning at 3 Streams Farm -- Presentation and Handout
NOFA MA Jan. 2019 PowerPoint: Tree leaf fodder for Livestock and Climate Resilience
NOFA NH March 2019 Presentation: Tree Leaf Fodder for Livestock and Climate Resilience
NOFA MA Jan. 2019 PowerPoint: Tree leaf fodder for Livestock and Climate Resilience
NOFA NH March 2019 Presentation: Tree Leaf Fodder for Livestock and Climate Resilience
MOFGA Farmer to Farmer 2019: Extending the "Grazing*" Season; Tree Fodder and other Strategies, 10/4/19.
Common Ground Fair 2018 Powerpoint: "Tree Leaf Preferences of Cattle, Sheep, Goats and Hogs;"
Shana's pre-Tree Fodder Seminar Library Talk, 2016, with pictures inserted by Jenny Johnson: "Our Sustenance From Trees; A New Look At An Ancient Solution;"
2015 Maine Primitive Skills School "Tree Pollarding" video with Shana
"Gathering Tree Fodder" by Katia Danilova and Jenny Johnson
"Gathering Tree Fodder" by Katia Danilova and Jenny Johnson
* One comment taken out of context, becoming inaccurate, in this. ~Shana
Shan Hanson with Ned Lightner on Pollarding
More Videos & Talks on Shana Hanson's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeabXelBI4X61nNYlxvCvIg/videos?sort=dd&shelf_id=0&view=0
Look for:
*Eliza Greenman's Tree Fodder Seminar talk (in many pieces- editing help welcome!)
*Dan Tansky on syruping various tree species
*Shana's Common Ground Fair Leaf Fodder talk (in many pieces; editing help welcome!)
*Green Foliage can Change Climate, parts 1 & 2 ) Sy Schotz and Shana Hanson, 2019
*Ivan Fernandez on Woodland Soils and Atmospheric Depositions, Tree Fodder Seminar 2019
*Moe Martin's Fruit and Nut Mountain, Tree Fodder Seminar 2018
*Many more clips of Tree Fodder Seminar events over the years (help to improve is welcome!)
Look for:
*Eliza Greenman's Tree Fodder Seminar talk (in many pieces- editing help welcome!)
*Dan Tansky on syruping various tree species
*Shana's Common Ground Fair Leaf Fodder talk (in many pieces; editing help welcome!)
*Green Foliage can Change Climate, parts 1 & 2 ) Sy Schotz and Shana Hanson, 2019
*Ivan Fernandez on Woodland Soils and Atmospheric Depositions, Tree Fodder Seminar 2019
*Moe Martin's Fruit and Nut Mountain, Tree Fodder Seminar 2018
*Many more clips of Tree Fodder Seminar events over the years (help to improve is welcome!)
Goatsong: Music of Farmer Shana at 3 Streams Farm:
I am happy for anyone to learn and sing my songs (do give credit to Shana at 3 Streams Farm, if you perform).
The pics on the music videos are just my pocket camera having to point somewhere (mostly out my window).
I hope to polish up my reams of farm songs on goat walks, during the growing season. I will continue to record with this little camera, winter evenings soon, now that I know it works! (and on goat walks too once it's warm). So check the folder later - it may grow : )
Years ago I made the money to buy my land, by being a street musician. Must recover now from lack of venues during COVID! Enjoy. Sh
