February 2016 Blog Posts (2)
Buying and Selling Sap
Many landowners seek entrepreneurial opportunities from their woodlands, as a way to offset management costs or as part of a business venture. Traditional opportunities have emphasized extraction of fiber (timber, firewood, pulp) or land rental fees (hunting leases), and of course maple syrup production.
The buying and selling of sap has also been part of the rural tradition of woodland enterprises. Often, though, the process for the transaction, how to value the sap, and how to…
ContinueAdded by Peter Smallidge on February 17, 2016 at 12:00pm — No Comments
Swedish traditional agroforestry! Shifting Agriculture
Swedish traditional agroforestry!
'Shifting cultivation
Shifting cultivation Duration 36 min 47 sec. Nm No. 42. Movie recorded for the Nordic Museum. The film was busy under the management of Ola Bannbers. Photo Gustaf Boge, Ragnar Westfelt.'
https://youtu.be/0S7LTbJ-ErQ
Added by Lewis E. Ward on February 5, 2016 at 11:36pm — No Comments
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