[Shared404]

It looks to me less like rediscovering orchards, and more mixing them in with livestock/other crops in a beneficial manner.

[jbeales]

Mixing with livestock isn't really new either. So long as the animal doesn't kill the trees orchards are pretty great places for animals. I think I've seen orchards that are also hay operations too.

I guess if we get into something more mixed then that they haven't really rediscovered orchards, they've rediscovered permaculture!

[jessaustin]

I think I've seen orchards that are also hay operations too.

I've mowed, raked, and baled a fair amount of hay over the years. This involves driving tractors and trucks around in fields pulling easily damaged implements in precise circles. Doing so in the presence of lots of mature trees seems a daunting task...