The practice of having trees on farms simulates nature. This aligns with our heritage farming, enriching the ecosystem’s biodiversity with trees complementary to crops. The loss of biodiversity in ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. “There is a windfall of federal money entering the agroforestry sector. After 30-plus years of work on agroforestry in the United States, the ...

Agroforestry—the integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems—has been used since ancient times to produce fruits, nuts, coffee, cocoa and medicinal herbs. Today, new ...

Amazon deforestation could be slowed by planting bean trees that would keep soils fertile and help smallholders make a living. Rainforest soils are usually low in nutrients, so land cleared for cattle ...

The College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech is part of a $60 million, five-year grant led by The Nature Conservancy for a project titled "Expanding Agroforestry Production and ...