Working Lands: An Agroforestry Sampler
Saturday April 12 in Ithaca, NY
135 Emerson Hall, Cornell University
Working Lands: An Agroforestry Sampler
Learn how to:
- Combine trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock to diversify products, markets, and farm income;
- Improve soil and water quality while reducing erosion and non-point source pollution and enhancing wildlife habitats;
- Benefit from using multi-cropping, multi-story practices, including silvopasture, forest farming, riparian buffers, alley cropping, windbreaks, and other agroforestry practices.
Who should attend:
Farmers, forest and land owners, fruit and nut growers, conservation, environmental and agricultural agencies, non-profits, and interested individuals will gain valuable information for enhancing land and water stewardship and increasing farm viability.
This workshop will provide an overview of agroforestry practices and also the Root Production Method as applied to agroforestry with specific case studies highlighting the environmental and economic benefits of agroforestry to the landowner or farmer. Agroforestry research from the Center of Agroforestry and others will provide updates on current findings and future research initiatives. Presentations and a tour of the Cornell MacDaniels Nut Grove will showcase the opportunities for forest farming in New York and the Northeast.
Dr. Harold “Gene†Garrett, Director, University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry (UMCA), and Wayne Lovelace, Developer of the Root Production Method (RPM), and Partner of RPM Ecosystems LLC, will offer their hands-on experiences and the latest research on a wide array of agroforestry practices.
Sponsored by RPM Ecosystems LLC, Cornell Agroforestry Resource Center, Cornell Agroforestry and Private Woodland Management Program Work Team, and the Cornell Ecoagriculture Working Group, University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry, Chemung Canal Trust Company
Registration $95; Student rate $75
Fee includes morning refreshment, lunch, conference packet and resource materials.
For more info: RPM Ecosystems (607)844-9590; info@rpmecosystems.com; or www.rpmecosystems.com
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