Training
Barriers to broadening agroforestry adoption are significant but not insurmountable. Expanding adoption depends in part on farms having access to affordable, skilled technical service providers who can help plan and implement agroforestry practices. Our programs address this need by working with farms, institutions, and organizations to implement best practices, train farmers directly, and build participatory learning networks for peer support. We also train technical service providers across agriculture, conservation, and forestry, as well as the broader community, to maximize our collective impact.
Upcoming Trainings
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Alley Cropping - Farm Practicum - MA
Date: TBD
Location: Massachusetts
Description:
Alley cropping intentionally integrates trees with crops by growing agricultural or horticultural plants in the alleys between tree rows. This agroforestry practice offers many benefits, including diversified farm income, more efficient crop production, and stronger ecosystem functions. Join us for a day-long workshop to learn how to plan and implement this valuable practice effectively.
Educators: TBD
Cost: Free
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Alley Cropping - Farm Practicum - ME
Date: TBD
Location: Maine
Description:
Alley cropping intentionally integrates trees with crops by growing agricultural or horticultural plants in the alleys between tree rows. This agroforestry practice offers many benefits, including diversified farm income, more efficient crop production, and stronger ecosystem functions. Join us for a day-long workshop to learn how to plan and implement this valuable practice effectively.
Educators: TBD
Cost: Free
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Alley Cropping - Farm Practicum - NH
Date: TBD
Location: New Hampshire
Description:
Alley cropping intentionally integrates trees with crops by growing agricultural or horticultural plants in the alleys between tree rows. This agroforestry practice offers many benefits, including diversified farm income, more efficient crop production, and stronger ecosystem functions. Join us for a day-long workshop to learn how to plan and implement this valuable practice effectively.
Educators: TBD
Cost: Free
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Alley Cropping - Farm Practicum - NJ
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Location: New Jersey
Description:
Alley cropping intentionally integrates trees with crops by growing agricultural or horticultural plants in the alleys between tree rows. This agroforestry practice offers many benefits, including diversified farm income, more efficient crop production, and stronger ecosystem functions. Join us for a day-long workshop to learn how to plan and implement this valuable practice effectively.
Educators:
Cost: Free
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Growing Forest Botanicals for Maple Producers
Date: TBD
Location: Vermont
Description:
Are you a maple producer or a technical service that supports forest stewards? If so, join us for this day-long intensive about growing forest botanicals.
Forest farming, an ancient form of agroforestry, involves growing medicinal, edible, decorative, and craft crops under a forest canopy. Notably, forest farming allows cultivation of prized species such as American ginseng, a high-value crop that also supports important conservation efforts. Growing forest botanicals can improve forest health by increasing plant diversity, support wildlife habitat, reduce the impact of harvesting wild non-timber forest products (NTFPs), and help preserve knowledge of native plant species' uses.
Growing interest in agroforestry among land managers has increased the need for knowledge exchange. Join us to learn about the principles, design considerations, benefits, and potential challenges of cultivating forest botanicals.
Educators: TBD
Cost: Free
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Forest Farming Intensive - Farm Practicum - ME
Date: TBD
Location: Maine
Description:
Are you a land steward or technical service provider that supports forest stewards? If so, join us for a day-long intensive about forest farming.
Forest farming, an ancient form of agroforestry, involves growing medicinal, edible, decorative, and craft crops under a forest canopy. This practice can improve forest health by increasing plant diversity, improve wildlife habitat, and reducing the impact of harvesting wild non-timber forest products (NTFPs).
Growing interest in agroforestry among land managers has increased the need for knowledge exchange. Join us to learn about the principles, design considerations, benefits, and potential challenges of cultivating forest botanicals.
Educators: TBD
Cost: Free
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Farm Practicum - Silvopasture - Maine
Date: TBD
Location: Maine
Description:
Are you a land steward or technical service provider that supports them? If so, join us for a day-long intensive about silvopasture and associated practices.
Silvopasture intentionally integrates forages, trees, and livestock to increase the productivity and health of both farm and forest systems.
Growing interest in agroforestry among land stewards and their supporters has increased the need for knowledge exchange. Join us to learn about the principles, design considerations, benefits, and potential challenges of silvopasture and associated practices, including feeding woody perennials to livestock.
Educators:
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.