{"id":13825,"date":"2015-10-26T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=13825"},"modified":"2015-10-26T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T11:39:00","slug":"woodlot-management-in-the-anthropocene-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=13825","title":{"rendered":"Woodlot Management in the Anthropocene: Part Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wingedelmfarm.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/25\/woodlot-management-in-the-anthropocene-part-three\/\" target=\"_blank\">Woodlot Management in the Anthropocene: Part Three<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><em>\u201cA constructive and careful handling of the resources of the earth is impossible except on the basis of large co-operation and of association for mutual welfare.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>\u2014 Liberty Hyde Bailey,\u00a0<u>The Holy Earth<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Winged Elm Farm has approximately 40 acres of hardwoods, and last year I posted a couple of pieces on our woodlot management plan,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wingedelmfarm.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/12\/woodlot-management-in-the-anthropocene\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wingedelmfarm.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/26\/woodlot-management-in-the-anthropocene-part-two\/\">here<\/a>. In them and here, I use the term \u201cAnthropocene,\u201d the period in Earth\u2019s history when the impact of human existence shapes the natural world and climate. I chose that term to distinguish the plan we\u2019ve embarked upon as being a more old-fashioned management approach.<\/p>\n<p>As we began the process of managing our woodlots, our biggest hurdles were knowledge and the preconceptions of being moderns. Our mindset was geared toward extraction, the basis of our current economy. Our innate resistance to extractive processes like clearcutting was primarily why we had avoided managing the woods at all.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wingedelmfarm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/A-South-Wood-Walk-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1089\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wingedelmfarm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/A-South-Wood-Walk-009-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"A South Wood Walk 009\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But a Wendell Berry piece three years ago spurred our interest in sustainable management, and a casual review of the 19th\u00a0century literature based on the knowledge of small farms past showed us a clear path for applying the same model. How markedly different was the approach of those manuals and handbooks \u2014 managing woodlands for the benefit of farm and watersheds for future generations \u2014 from the \u201cmodern\u201d practices of that century and the 20th\u00a0of the extractive industries.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, as we prepared to take hogs to market and dreamed of the variety of dishes and cuts we were to enjoy, the phrase \u201cnose to tail eating\u201d came to mind. The term is used to describe the process that takes advantage of every bit of the animal. It\u2019s a way to honor the animal\u2019s life and sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woodlot Management in the Anthropocene: Part Three \u201cA constructive and careful handling of the resources of the earth is impossible except on the basis of large co-operation and of association for mutual welfare.\u201d \u2014 Liberty Hyde Bailey,\u00a0The Holy Earth Winged Elm Farm has approximately 40 acres of hardwoods, and last year I posted a couple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[1208,10244,10243,10245,10242,10241],"class_list":["post-13825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-survival-2","tag-anthropocene","tag-extractive-processes","tag-resource-management","tag-sustainable-management","tag-woodlot","tag-woodlot-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13826,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13825\/revisions\/13826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}