What is agroforestry? Agroforestry might sound like a niche term from a textbook, but at its core, it’s a simple, […] ...

Silvopasture and the broader land management system known as agroforestry were popular topics at the conference, hosted at ...

Agroforestry includes planting trees and bushes in strips ... along streams to stop nutrient pollution (riparian buffers), or between rows of corn (alley cropping). These practices are taking root all ...

In 2017, 57 local producers said they use either silvopasture or alley cropping. As awareness spreads, Gold said agroforestry has the potential to help farmers tap into high-value markets.

The canopy term of agroforestry covers six different practices, all centered around integrating trees and perennials into agricultural lands and systems. Some of the techniques, such as alley cropping ...

than transitioning to something like alley cropping." More information: Sarah E Castle et al, Mapping the social-ecological suitability of agroforestry in the US Midwest, Environmental Research ...

Others are content with 5% of their cacao coming from farms that use agroforestry. Alley cropping is a common form of agroforestry, where annual crops like hay, grains, or vegetables are grown ...

director of the nonprofit which is a leading agroforestry training and research provider in the Midwest on techniques like alley cropping of hazelnuts. Agroforestry sequesters two to five tons of ...

“Alley cropping” is an agroforestry technique being increasingly used in the Fergana Valley, in which vegetable crops or grains are grown between rows of fruit or nut trees that shield the ...

On the Ground with the Midwest Farmers Going All-In On Agroforestry] The SI focuses on agroforestry practices supported by the USDA. Those include alley cropping, which involves integrating trees or ...

The University of Illinois and Savanna Institute and Agricultural Watershed Institute will host a Farm Progress Show demonstration plot featuring an innovative alley cropping system. It will be ...