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 ...

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Agroforestry is on the mind for Modern Farmer readers, who chimed in to ask for more coverage of how trees and shrubs can integrate into agricultural landscapes this year. As part of our recent ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines agroforestry as a farming practice that covers four “I” goals: intentional, intensive, integration and interactive. There are five types of agroforestry in ...

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 ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Paris Agreement, reached at COP21 in December 2015, aims to keep global temperature rise this century to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre ...

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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 ...