Strip Grazing

At Full of Life Farm, we practice what is called "strip grazing" (or "rotational grazing" or "management intensive grazing"). The idea is to mimic natural patterns of herbivore populations in natural settings. The key principles of this system are first to keep the herd moving around so grass has a chance to re-grow before it is bitten off again, and second to keep them mobbed up which encourages them to eat all of the varieties of grass/legumes/weeds and not just their favorites. This practice results in better health for the grass, soil, and animals. Everybody wins.

Notice in this picture the grass on the right hand side of the cross fence has not been grazed yet. A single electric wire is all that is needed to control cattle. We'll move them to the right-hand side of this wire later today. And we work our way across the pasture that way.