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Dave & Mark write "Coppice Agroforestry" by Dave Jacke and Mark Krawczyk. We humans must develop land management systems that provide diverse products to meet our needs while regenerating healthy ecosystems.

Dave & Mark write "Coppice Agroforestry" by Dave Jacke and Mark Krawczyk

Coppice agroforestry systems can do exactly this. Many woody plants resprout from the stump or root suckers when cut to the ground--we call the regrowth "coppice", and the management system "coppicing". Many ancient cultures understood this plant behavior and managed coppice to produce their fuel, craft and building materials, livestock fodder, fencing, and much more. In North America, coppicing was a casualty of European emigration from a culture of resource conservation (by necessity) to one of widespread overexploitation and industrialization. We now must re-engage with these practices and develop them to a high art for our times and for our future.

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