Briefing Papers

The Wild Farm Alliance Briefing Papers series explores many of the issues that define and distinguish the concept of farming with the wild. Each paper focuses on a particular issue set in the context of reconnecting food systems with ecosystems. With these papers, we are striving to bridge the gap between stewardship farming and wildlands conservation.

The following PDF files are free to download. Our most recent paper is:

Wild Pollinators: Agriculture's Forgotten Partners

Others include:

"Farming with the Wild Forever: Using Agricultural Easements to Support Biodiversity"

"Making Connections for Nature: The Conservation Value of Farming with the Wild"

"Water: Life Blood of the Landscape"

"Local Control in the Global Arena: Restructuring Ecological Food Systems for the Protection of Natural and Human Communities"

"Linking Conservation with the Bottom Line: Incentives for Farming with Nature"

"Grazing for Biodiversity: The Co-Existence of Farm Animals and Native Species"

"Agricultural Cropping Patterns: Integrating Wild Margins"