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Trees bring a permanent agriculture to your farm.
Hot
Links:
 Timbergreen
2000 -- Site for forest owners who want to maximize the benefits of
sustainable forestry management.
Badgersett Research Farm -- A
private, for-profit research institution based in Minnesota, developing of woody
plants for real-world staple food production. Lots of good information about "Woody
Agriculture" and cultural and ordering information for the hybrid Hazelnuts
and hybrid Chestnuts they breed, grow, and sell.
University of Missouri Center for
Agroforestry -- Includes profiles
of landowners using agroforestry practices.
Putting
Forests on Farms and Farms in Forests --
Agroforestry feature from USDA's Agricultural Research magazine.
Tree Nuts -- "A few
nuts who see forests and woodlots as a cost-effective alternative to 'modern'
farming practices or the enevitable residential
development." Worth checking out.
Association for Temperate Agroforestry
-- AFTA's newly updated site includes online articles, news, the tables of
contents for their newsletter, publication ordering information, links and more.
Worth exploring.
The Carbohydrate Economy --
Thought-provoking site based on the premise that wood, fiber crops and other
plant-derived materials could replace oil as our primary source of energy and
industrial feedstocks.
New
Money-Making Options With Trees -- Report on alley-cropping and
silvo-pastural options being explored at the USDA Small Farms Research Center,
Booneville, Arkansas.
The Champion Tree Project -- Find
out how you can help protect, preserve and propagate the biggest, best, tallest,
strongest, and eldest representatives of Earth's largest plants.
USDA National Agroforestry Center --
While still under construction (10/10/97), this site has good, basic information
on agroforestry practices
including riparian buffer strips and windbreaks. Still to come is information
on specialty crops from forests, alleycropping and pasture/tree production.
Site includes online version of Inside
Agroforestry newsletter and Agroforestry
Notes factsheets, including plans for
Outdoor Living Barns to
shelter livestock.
Agroforestry for
Farms and Ranches -- NRCS technical guide provides design help with
links to National Handbook of Conservation Practices and the Field Office
Technical Guide.
The Forest Shop -- Online bookshop
with hundreds of forestry-related titles. Great list of
forest management books.
The Treeman -- Thought-provoking
site from organic tree guru John Keslick.
Nursery &
Conservation Tree Planting Program -- Colorado State Forest Service
site includes tree
planting guide, Adobe Acrobat factsheets on growing trees from seed and
using fabric mulch.
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