The Secrets of Silvopasturing

Source: hobbyfarms.com Published: August 17, 2016 PHOTO: National Agroforestry Center/Flickr Give your land dual purpose by grazing livestock among a timber stand—a technique called silvopasturing. By Katie Navarra When George Owens and his wife, Pat, became the...

Farming with Forests

Source: news.aces.illinois.edu Published: September 22, 2016 By Lauren Quinn September 22, 2016  In the race to feed a growing population, it is important to consider sustainability. University of Illinois researchers are promoting the practice of agroforestry—the...

Are Some Forests Better Than Others at Mitigating Climate Change?

Source: howtoconserve.org Published: February 26, 2016 Photo credit: Travel Photos HD. By Orion McCarthy  LIFE ON EARTH wouldn’t be the same without forests. An estimated 1.6 billion people around the world depend on forests for their livelihood. Forests provide food...

Alley Cropping and Silvopasture

Source: treeyopermacultureedu.wordpress.com Published: May 11, 2017 Written by Doug Crouch Alley Cropping While known widely in the agroforestry realm, this technique of inserting lines of trees within croplands is being explored more and more as farm scale...

The TreeSisters Million Trees Campaign

Source: treesisters.org Published: April 5, 2017 Restoring Our Forests – One Woman At a Time Women as a Force of Nature, On Behalf of Nature BECOME A TREESISTER We are calling for women to become treesisters by contributing monthly to tropical reforestation. We are...

How ‘More Food Per Field’ Could Help Save Our Wild Spaces

Source: phys.org Published: January 28, 2016 Credit: SC Department of Agriculture by University of Cambridge Agricultural expansion is a leading cause of wild species loss and greenhouse gas emissions. However, as farming practices and technologies continue to be...

Plant a Tree in Madagascar, Just by Watching A Very Short Video

Source: treehugger.com Published: October 29, 2015 © WeGive.io Derek Markham Watching a 45 second video triggers a donation from a private company so that Eden Projects can pay villagers to plant trees – up to 10,000 of them. What if you could help boost the...