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Below are fact sheets and resources for people who are interested in making their land more sustainable through our Agriculture Resilience Plan. Please contact Carrie Brausieck with feedback or suggestions for our resources page at cbrausieck@snohomishcd.org or 425-377-7014.

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April 08, 2019

Waterbreaks

April 08, 2019/ Snohomish CD
Waterbreaks

Waterbreaks are linear systems of forested plantings planned and designed to reduce flooding impacts for adjacent lands. Waterbreaks moderate the flow of water in the same way that windbreaks moderate the flow and impact of winds across landscapes. 

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April 08, 2019/ Snohomish CD/
Ag Resilience
January 23, 2019

Agroforestry

January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD
Agroforestry

Agroforesty is a new name for ancient, sustainable system of farming that has been practiced around the globe for thousands of years. Agroforestry is a form of “multifunctional agriculture,” where harvestable trees and shrubs are combined with annual crops and/or livestock on the same unit of land.

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January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD/
Ag Resilience
January 23, 2019

Biochar

January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD
Biochar

Biochar is essentially charcoal. Traditionally it has been produced by piling wood, covering it with earth and allowing it to slowly burn in a limited air environment.

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January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD/
Ag Resilience, biochar
January 23, 2019

Conservation Agriculture

January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD
Conservation Agriculture

Conservation Agriculture (CA) allows us to realize multiple benefits to our landscape - soil resilience, agricultural productivity, and clean water - through a set of soil management practices designed to simulate a sustainable system (Shaxson et al, 2008).

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January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD/
no till, Ag Resilience, cover crops
January 23, 2019

Integrated Pest Management

January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD
Integrated Pest Management

Integrated Pest Management or IPM is an ecosystem-based approach that aims to keep pest populations below the economic injury level, while minimizing risks to people and the environment.

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January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD/
Ag Resilience, pests
January 23, 2019

Managed Grazing

January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD
Managed Grazing

Managed grazing systems imitate the natural grazing patterns of large herbivores in savannah and prairie environments.

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January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD/
Ag Resilience, livestock, grazing
January 23, 2019

Rainwater Harvesting

January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD
Rainwater Harvesting

Rainwater harvesting is a method of storing rain that falls on roofs that would otherwise have run down drains, evaporated, or soaked into the ground.

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January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD/
Ag Resilience
January 23, 2019

Regenerative Agriculture

January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD
Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative Agriculture is just what its name implies - it’s a way of farming the land while at the same time regenerating the natural functions of the farm ecosystem.

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January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD/
Ag Resilience
January 23, 2019

Silvopasture

January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD
Silvopasture

Silvopasture is the practice of grazing livestock under trees with the goal of integrating the management of three components: tree crops, livestock, and forage.

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January 23, 2019/ Snohomish CD/
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