Agroforestry might sound like a niche term from a textbook, but at its core, it’s a simple, practical idea: growing trees and crops together in the same space. Instead of keeping agriculture and ...

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Agroforestry is a word that probably won’t cause many people to rise to their feet in acknowledgment of its vitality. Nevertheless, it holds the promise of entirely reshaping landscapes, mitigating ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Rubber plantations have been a main historical cause of tropical deforestation, and are generally responsible for a range of environmental and ...

At the Food as Medicine Summit in Chicago, surrounded by leaders in healthcare, food systems and policy, one topic stood out to me as both quietly revolutionary and urgently relevant: agroforestry. It ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers asked agroforestry and conventional smallholder farmers in São Paulo state, Brazil for their views on the benefits of agroforestry — a ...

“There’s nothing more simple or effective than a tree for sinking carbon, especially in places where we’ve been killing soils and releasing carbon for a long time,” enthuses Kaitie Adams. As director ...

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 ...

I once rented a pasture that adjoined a yard containing two apple and two pear trees. Every fall when the fruit ripened, the loaded trees would drop any blemished fruit early. The homeowner hated ...

Jack Ray’s approach to farming — one that includes agroforestry, foraging and free ranging and pasture-raised chickens — at Treaster Kettle Farm shouldn’t come as a surprise. Before undertaking a ...