Training
In addition to working collaboratively with farms and institutions to plan for and implement agroforestry practices, we offer training for service providers operating in the agriculture, conservation, and forestry sectors and the wider community.
Upcoming Trainings
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Farmer Field Days
Dates: (Summer and Fall 2024)
Description: Coming Soon
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Vermont
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Silvopasture for Technical Service Providers
Date: Friday, August 29th, 2025
Location: Knoll Farm
Description:
If you advise land managers and are interested in learning about silvopasture, this training is for you. Silvopasture is the intentional integration of forages, trees, and livestock, and can help increase the productivity and health of farm and forest systems.
Join Interlace Commons to learn about the principles, design considerations, benefits, and potential challenges associated with silvopasture, an ancient form of land management.
Educators:
Steve Gabriel, Wellspring Forest Farm & Meghan Giroux, Interlace Commons, with Special Guests
Cost: Free
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Alley Cropping Intensive
Date: September 4th and 5th 2025
Location: Cloud Water Farm
Description:
Are you a farmer or service provider in the agriculture, conservation, or forestry sectors and want to learn how to design and implement alley cropping? Now’s your chance.
Alley cropping is the intentional integration of trees with crops, within which agricultural or horticultural crops are produced in alleys between rows of trees. The benefits of this agroforestry practice can include farm income diversification, increased crop production efficiency, and the protection and enhancement of ecosystem function. Join us for this day-and-a-half intensive to learn about how to plan and implement this useful practice
Educators:
Meghan Giroux: Director, Interlace Commons & Eric Toensmier, Perennial Solutions with Special Guests
Cost: Free
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Forest Farming Intensive
Date: October Firday, 17th & Saturday 18th, 2025
Location: TBD
Description:
Are you a farmer or technical service provider working in agriculture, forestry, or the conservation sectors, and want to learn about forest farming? Now’s your chance.
Combining horticultural, medicinal, or fungal plants in the understory of forests is an ancient practice that is gaining rapid interest here in the northeastern United States. This day-and-a-half intensive will teach you to assess your landscape, design, and implement forest farming systems. You’ll learn about different forest medicinals, fungi, and horticultural crops that are appropriate for forest farming. Additional information will be shared regarding the policies that either prevent or encourage the broad adoption of these practices.
Educators:
Meghan Giroux, Interlace Commons, Anna Plattner, Wild Hudson Valley & Robin Suggs, Appalachian Sustainable Development
Cost: Free
Train the Trainer (TnT)
This program utilizes a peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing framework. We teach technical service providers about the usefulness of agroforestry interventions. With specific learning outcomes in mind, our classes examine the policies that prevent or encourage adoption, the socioeconomic and biophysical influences of agroforestry, production cycles, impacts on livelihoods, landscape sustainability, risks, and trade-offs. Training includes both conceptual and experiential opportunities for learning.
Field School (Under Development)
As an extension of our Field Consultancy, our six-week Field School utilizes both conceptual and experiential learning to explore the rich history of agroforestry and the policies preventing or encouraging broad adoption. Students will learn to plan and implement agroforestry-specific systems and associated practices. Our for-profit, Interlace Agroforestry Farm in Whallonsburg, New York, is the host to our field school.