Florida Silvopasture

We shot this documentary in an effort to explain how cattle can be integrated into forest land, helping Florida landowners earn extra income while they wait for their trees to mature. Known as silvopasture, this practice combines timber, forage, and livestock on the same acreage, and it’s gaining real traction across the state. For one, it diversifies revenue, so a landowner isn’t betting everything on a single timber harvest decades away. It also improves the land itself: thinned, sunlit forest stands grow healthier forage and quality trees at the same time, while cattle grazing helps recycle nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and sulfur back into the soil. The trees, in turn, give cattle shade and shelter that reduce heat stress and improve their overall well-being. And because the system is actively and intensively managed rather than a “plant it and leave it” approach, it also enhances the aesthetics of the land and supports better wildlife habitat along the way.