Forests offer farmers a specialized area for growing all kinds of crops. Mushrooms are excellent in forest farming systems, ...

There's a longstanding attitude in many farming communities that trees and agriculture don't mix. But agroforestry can provide a multitude of benefits to farmers and landscapes. A new study provides a ...

Agroforestry is the intentional integration of trees into crop and livestock farming systems. It is not a new concept; many ...

Imagine making one change to a farm field so that as well as producing food, it also generated building materials, fuel, and fodder. At the same time, this change would nourish the health of the soil, ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The new director of the U.S. National Agroforestry Center (NAC) received her doctorate in plant physiological ecology/ecosystem ecology and a ...

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Silvopasture, a portmanteau of the Latin words "silva" (forest) and "pastura" (grazing), is a form of agroforestry that the U.S. Department of Agriculture describes as "the deliberate integration of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. “There is a windfall of federal money entering the agroforestry sector. After 30-plus years of work on agroforestry in the United States, the ...

A new University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign study integrates social, economic, and environmental factors in a new mapping tool that plots suitability for agroforestry practices, like the alley ...

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers say strategic plans that integrate environmental, social and economic considerations are needed to expand agroforestry throughout the Midwest. A new ...