Product Links
Pasture Pro Fence Posts www.fencebypasturepro.com
PowerFlex Fence & PowerFlex Fence Post www.powerflexfence.com
Gallagher Fencing Products www. gallagherusa.com
Plasson Agrifit water products for watering systems www.plasson.com
Publications
Magazines & Publications
-Graze Magazine-the magazine by graziers for graziers www.grazeonline.com
-The Grazier's Connection free put out by PowerFlex Fence very good info on grazing and on their products www.powerflexfence.com
Books of Interest
-Management-intensive Grazing
The Grassroots of Grass Farming by Jim Gerrish www.stockmangrassfarmer.com
-the Grassfed gourmet cookbook
Healthy Cooking & Good Living with Pasture-Raised Foods by Shannon Hayes
-The Farmer and the Grill
A Guide To Grilling, Barbecuing and Spit-Roasting Grassfed Meat and for saving the planet, one bite at a time. by Shannon Hayes
-(NEW) RADICAL HOMEMAKERS
Reclaiming Domesticity From a Consumer Culture by Shannon Hayes
Learn more or order online at www.radicalhomemakers.com
Grazing Networks
-GrassWorks is a network of graziers and have their annual conference in February every year. www.grassworks.org
Websites of Interest
-U Can Farm -the website for beginning dairy farmers. Developed by farmers, agribusiness, Extension and Marathon County Chamber of Commerce www.ucanfarm.org
-Eat Wild-fully describes the benefits of grassfed meat and dairy products www.eatwild.com
-University of Wisconsin Pastures and Grazing Website www.uwrf.edu/grazing/
-School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers www.cias.wisc.edu/dairysch.html
-Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection www.datcp.state.wi.us/
-United FCS-A Agricultural Financial Services Association www.unitedfcs.com
People of Interest
Stephen Thomforde
UW-Madison - Madison,WI
BIO: I have worked in the field of grassland restoration for 16 years, restoring 6000 acres in four Midwest states. My current research involves the role of grazing animals in the maintenance of high diversity ecosystems, including plants, birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals, insects, and soil microbes, and how this total diversity increases ecosystem function and service, including nutrient regulation (carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus), water purification, soil building, and so forth. I'm interested in identifying native plants that tolerate, indeed, need grazing to maintain membership in the eco-community. Also, what are the marketing potentials if we can label pasture based agriculture as restoration, and make pasturing a "Midwest Grassland Restoration Initiative" funded through various USAD and NPO programs and grants. My current motto, which rubs my restoration colleagues sorely: "if it's not grazed it's not restoration."
Contact: thomforde@wisc.edu or 608-441-9048
updated 2-19-2011
