Editing Permaculture (section)

=== Grazing ===

[[File:Conservation Grazing Longhorn Cattle to manage NNR at Ruislip Lido.jpg|thumb|Conservation grazing: 
[[English Longhorn|Longhorn Cattle]] managing the [[national nature reserve (United Kingdom)|national nature reserve]] at [[Ruislip Lido]] ]]

Grazing is blamed for much destruction. However, when grazing is modeled after nature, it can have the opposite effect.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 August 2012 |title=Prince Charles sends a message to IUCN's World Conservation Congress |url=http://www.iucn.org/knowledge/multimedia/video/?10774/Prince-Charles-sends-a-message-to-IUCNs-World-Conservation-Congress |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130315111928/http://www.iucn.org/knowledge/multimedia/video/?10774%2FPrince-Charles-sends-a-message-to-IUCNs-World-Conservation-Congress |archive-date=15 March 2013 |access-date=6 April 2013 |website=International Union for Conservation of Nature }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Undersander |first=Dan |display-authors=etal |title=Grassland birds: Fostering habitat using rotational grazing |url=http://learningstore.uwex.edu/assets/pdfs/a3715.pdf |access-date=5 April 2013 |publisher=University of Wisconsin-Extension}}</ref> [[Grazing#Cell grazing|Cell grazing]] is a system of grazing in which herds or flocks are regularly and systematically moved to fresh range with the intent to maximize forage quality and quantity. [[Sepp Holzer]] and [[Joel Salatin]] have shown how grazing can start [[ecological succession]] or prepare ground for planting. [[Allan Savory]]'s [[holistic management]] technique has been likened to "a permaculture approach to [[rangeland management]]".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fairlie |first=Simon |title=Meat: A Benign Extravagance |publisher=Chelsea Green |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-60358325-1 |pages=191–93}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bradley |first=Kirsten |date=26 April 2010 |title=Holistic Management: Herbivores, Hats, and Hope |url=http://milkwood.net/2010/04/27/holistic_management_herbivores_hats_and_hope/ |access-date=25 March 2014 |publisher=Milkwood}}</ref> One variation is [[conservation grazing]], where the primary purpose of the animals is to benefit the environment and the animals are not necessarily used for meat, milk or fiber.<ref>{{Citation |last=Ash |first=Andrew |title=The Ecograze Project – developing guidelines to better manage grazing country |url=http://www.cse.csiro.au/publications/2002/Ecograzepart1.pdf  |year=2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410052228/http://www.cse.csiro.au/publications/2002/Ecograzepart1.pdf |others=et al. |publisher=CSIRO |isbn=978-0-9579842-0-2 |access-date=7 April 2013 |archive-date=10 April 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Caroline |title=Things to make you happy: Google employs goats |url=http://news.cnet.com/things-to-make-you-happy-google-employs-goats/?tag=mncol;title |access-date=7 April 2013 |website=CNET}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Ian |title=A systems approach to livestock/resource interactions in tropical pasture systems |url=http://www.be-troplive.be/betroplive/pdf/20121205_944831251_2%20iain%20gordon.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203081104/http://www.be-troplive.be/betroplive/pdf/20121205_944831251_2%20iain%20gordon.pdf |archive-date=3 February 2014 |access-date=7 April 2013 |website=The James Hutton Institute}}</ref> Sheep can replace lawn mowers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 April 2013 |title=Munching sheep replace lawn mowers in Paris |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/world/story/munching-sheep-replace-lawn-mowers-paris-20130404 |access-date=7 April 2013 |website=The Straits Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Klynstra |first=Elizabeth |title=Hungry sheep invade Candler Park |url=http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/19864571/100-sheep |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203163425/http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/19864571/100-sheep |archive-date=3 February 2014 |access-date=7 April 2013 |website=CBS Atlanta}}</ref> Goats and sheep can eat invasive plants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Littman |first=Margaret |title=Getting your goat: Eco-friendly mowers |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/07/26/getting-your-goat-eco-friendly-mowers/ |access-date=7 April 2013 |website=Chicago Tribune News |date=26 July 2011 |archive-date=12 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512055949/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-07-26/classified/sc-home-0725-garden-goat-20110726_1_goats-invasive-plants-gardeners |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stevens |first=Alexis |title=Kudzu-eating sheep take a bite out of weeds |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/kudzu-eating-sheep-take-bite-out-weeds/3DBdnOslJuZtPQIyaS5VdP/ |access-date=8 June 2021 |website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}</ref>