Grazing and Conservation in Brazil and Vermont: More Alike Than You Might Think

By: Juan P. Alvez | Pasture Technical Coordinator at the UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture Early this year, my work in sustainable agriculture brought me to the State of Santa Catarina (Southern Brazil), as a co-instructor of “Agroecology, Ecosystem Services and Farmer’s Livelihoods”. There, I joined about twenty people, visiting farms located at the Atlantic […]

Soil moisture sensors can help manage grazing

By: Juan P. Alvez | Pasture Technical Coordinator UVM Center for Sustainable Agriculture As predictions for the Northeastern U.S. suggest wetter, warmer climate in the near future, the use of technology such as precision agriculture, can be of great use to enable a more sustainable modern day farming. One of the tools the Center for […]