2021 North American Agroforestry Conference

Scaling Up Agroforestry for

Carbon Drawdown

June 28th – July 2nd, 2021

We are motivated and inspired by the all of the speakers, participants and staff who came together to share their agroforestry research and ideas at the 2021 North American Agroforestry Conference. More than 450 participants joined us from 15 countries making this first ever virtual NAAC conference a huge success. Thank you to all who joined, sponsored, or donated to make this event so powerful!

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5 Days

Some of the top minds in climate action and agroforestry innovation are gathering at the conference. Our speakers and themes will invoke the conversations that lead us in the shift toward widespread agroforestry in North America.

50+ Speakers

Join us as we explore the crops, markets, policies, innovation, and strategy that will bring us together to work toward a future where agriculture functions as a solution to the climate crisis. Each day will emphasize different aspects of the path towards scaling up agroforestry for carbon drawdown.

One Goal

Agroforestry is a leading natural solution to climate change. This event aims to bring together top minds to create a plan for action–making trees a central part of agriculture in the 21st century.

SPEAKERS

Jesse SMITH

Sallie Calhoun

Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquín

Olivia Watkins

Miah Ulysse

Margaret Krome

Joe Fargione

David LeZaks

Dr. Sarah Lovell

Eric Toensmeier

Meghan Giroux

Fredo Arias-King

DAYNA HAKEEM

Erik Hoffner

FERD HOEFNER

Rachel Armstrong

Richard Elm Hill

Severine von Tscharner Fleming

Joann Whalen

Jonathan Lambert

Odessa Piper

Sarah Wentzel-Fisher

Susan Cook-Patton

MALINI RAM MORAGHAN

Gerry Lawson

Sam Grant

William Schlesinger

Eliza Greenman

Gary Nabhan

Bob Saul

MASIKA HENSON

Shibu Jose

Cassidy Dellorto-Blackwell

Betsy Taylor

Special Thanks to our Sponsors!

Randy Cutler

Betsy Taylor

Betsy Taylor is President of Breakthrough Strategies & Solutions, a small consulting firm. Betsy has over four decades of philanthropic and non-profit leadership experience. Since 2015, Betsy’s consulting has focused primarily on building the field of regenerative agriculture. Her donor clients directed early funding to spark work at Project Drawdown, Marin Carbon Project, and others. She organized and chaired a 2017 soil carbon conference in Chantilly, France with over 200 participants from 33 countries designed to map the field and explore opportunities. She was lead author of a 2019 guide for philanthropic action and investment, Healthy Soils to Cool the Planet, served on the Steering Committee of Funders for Regenerative Agriculture and is a board member of The Regenerative Agriculture Foundation. She graduated from Duke University and has an MPA from Harvard University. She is co-author of Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the 21st Century. She owns and helps manage an organic hay farm and grew up in rural Maryland in a conservative farming community. She relocated to Vermont in 2021 and is living on a 20-acre homestead where she is sequestering carbon and restoring the land.