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land to feed the 60 Scottish highland cattle. The ancestors living from the land kept a lower number of cattle.
To complement, the ruminants get hay with a rich meadow flora from other farms, making them become natural
seed spreaders.
Since Viesturs, when asked, dismissed the idea of
assisted migration of nut trees in natural tree meadows,
we didn’t have a desired dialogue about the merge of
nature restoration and agroforestry on a landscape level,
or about the importance of tree fodder (potentially from
the same nut trees), to feed animals within the system,
in case of too wet or too dry summers affecting the
pastures.
Meat, honey, strawberries, wild berry jam, nature tourism for families and seminars: the family farm is exploring ways to finance its continued activities.
Māris Narvils & Robert Daigins.
