The Role of Rangelands in Diversified Farming Systems: Innovations, Obstacles, and Opportunities in the USA

Discussions of diversified farming systems (DFS) rarely mention rangelands: the grasslands, shrublands, and savannas that make up roughly one-third of Earth's ice-free terrestrial area, including some 312 million ha of the United States. Although ranching has been criticized by environmentalist...

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Main Authors: Nathan F. Sayre, Liz Carlisle, Lynn Huntsinger, Gareth Fisher, Annie Shattuck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2012-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol17/iss4/art43/