Agroforestry is the practice of integrating trees into our cropping and livestock systems, bringing ecological and economic benefits to farms and ranches. This panel from the Fibershed 2021 Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium discusses the various types of agroforestry practices, their relevance for California fiber and food systems, and strategies for implementation and establishment.
Watch more presentations from the 2021 Fibershed Symposium here and/or read our 2021 Symposium Takeaways Blog!
HELPFUL RESOURCES:
Sonja Brodt
- Presentation slides
- Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program website
- Agroforestry lecture by Sonja
Jesse Smith
- White Buffalo Land Trust Website
- Instagram – @white_buffalo_land_trust
- Buttonwillow Cotton Alley Cropping Project collaboration with Fibershed and Gonzales-Siemens Family Farm, funded by CDFA’s Healthy Soils Program
- Instagram: @gonzalessiemensfamilyfarm
Liz Carlisle
Guido Frosini
- True Grass Farms Website
- Instagram – @truegrassfarms
- Book recommendations: Secrets of the Oak Woodlands by Kate Marianchild, Silvopasture by Steve Gabriel
- Resource to link contract grazers with grazing land available
- Comet-Planner, an online tool developed by USDA NRCS, that helps to easily model the impact of conservation practices on greenhouse gas emissions/carbon sequestration
- LandSmart Grazing is geared toward connecting folks for fire fuel reduction
- Ecological Goods and Services in Canada by the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph
- Quail Springs Permaculture
- Savanna Institute