Capturing Sunlight, Book 2: Topics for Modern Graziers, from Pasture Walks, Mob Grazing, & Nutrition to New Forages & Toxic Plants

We CAN create great pastures!

Sunlight is inexhaustible and free. We can capture sunlight in forages. And with well-managed forages, we can create sustainable, beautiful pastures, feed our animals, sequester carbon, preserve the soil, and provide food and fiber for the world. This book — a companion to my Book 1 — describes additional tools and solid information for the art and science of forage and pasture management.

Lots of good information in these chapters. Pasture walks and grazing strategies, including mob grazing. Guidelines for choosing the best forages for pastures. Chapters on different forage species, toxic plants, unusual plants that accumulate metals, endophytes, soil fungi like the mycorrhizae. Chapters on practical challenges like legume bloat and acidosis. Biological nightmares like toxic mushrooms, poison hemlock, and green-blue algae.

Other topics: How do the Salem witch trials give us a warning about no-till planting? What does the supermarket term “dietary fiber” actually mean? Can farmers really use garlic to reduce methane?

See how a great pasture is like dancing in the sunlight.

Who is this book for?

• Farmers, ranchers, farm advisors, Extension Agents, professors, government personnel.
• Owners of cattle, sheep, goats, horses, bison, and any other grazing animals.
• Students of all flavors — college, high school, adult education, avidly curious folks everywhere — who thirst for interesting background information.
• Teachers can use this book as an excellent secondary reading.
• Anyone, anywhere, interested in forages, pastures, plants, grazing, or sustainable agriculture.

This book — composed of short chapters, sometimes with humor, always with good information — is a true pleasure to read

Where can you buy this book?

• Amazon

• Lots of Other Outlets online

  • this link gets you to a general listing for these outlets: Everand, Thalia, Smashwords, Vivlio, Hoopla, Fable, Palace Marketplace
  • Also Barnes & Noble, Thalia

• Cost:

  • Trade paperback: approximately $28
  • eBook: $8.99

• Book technical stuff:

  • ISBN: 978-0-9833238-5-3 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 978-0-9833238-6-0 (ebook)
  • LCCN: 2023912601
  • Publication date: January 15, 2024
  • 498 pages

The Chapters are grouped into eight sections:

(click here for the detailed Table of Contents)

• Section 1:  Opening Notes — Can You Waltz?
• Section 2:  Creating Good Pastures
• Section 3:  Grazing Skills
• Section 4:  Grazing Animals: Health, Nutrition, Fiber
• Section 5:  Toxins, Fungi, Minerals, Chemistry
• Section 6:  Closing Notes — Imagine