Episode Synopsis "A farmer on Martha’s Vineyard works to fine-tune the relationships between cattle and grass"

Mob grazing is a strategy Dan Athearn is working with to try to control what’s growing on this unique stretch of grassland. His family took over managing the land with a group of other local growers and cattle farmers in 2021.

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