Depending on where you are and who you ask, you will probably get a different answer when you ask the question “what is agroforestry?”. That is because agroforestry is a relatively new word for a huge diversity of land management practices and systems, many...
Course Overview This course provides important context for understanding agroforestry. In Lesson 1, we explore why agroforestry is important, how Indigenous and local communities have practiced agroforestry for centuries, and what agroforestry looks like in the U.S....
Agroforestry systems range from a few trees in a field or pasture to multi-story forests stewarded for multiple benefits. The fundamental elements of agroforestry systems are trees (e.g., fruit and nut crops, timber), other plants (e.g., woody perennial crops,...
Indigenous and local communities have practiced agroforestry for centuries Although the term agroforestry is relatively new, many of the practices included in this term are not new as Leah Penniman described in the opening podcast of this lesson. Indigenous people...
As we covered in Lesson 1, agroforestry systems are very site- and person-specific. The characteristics and needs of the land, and the values and goals of the people stewarding the land, influence how agroforestry is practiced in reality. Since a cookie-cutter...
🔊 “You Can’t Believe It Grows Here” – Project Pawpaw with Adam D’Angelo
🔊 A Thorny Topic: Black Locust and Honey Locust for Agroforestry
🔊 “Spreadsheets on the Radio” – Farm Viability and the Fruit & Nut Compass with John Hendrickson
🔊 Getting Started with Forest Farming – Ingrid Daudert, Karam Sheban, and Robin Suggs
🔊 Agroforestry for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation – with Nate Lawrence and Monika Shea