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Mark Phillips Mark Phillips

Silvopasture Creates Profitable and Resilient Food Systems

Livestock producers face increasing threats to farm viability from thin profit margins to extreme weather, and shifting consumer demand.

Silvopasture, a form of agroforestry, is one tool in our regenerative toolkit that provides a host of benefits to producers, consumers and the planet, simultaneously.

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Kyle DeWeerdt Kyle DeWeerdt

New Research Quantifies Economic and Ecological Impacts of Silvopasture

Researchers from Propagate and The Nature Conservancy estimate there are between 14 million and 62 million acres of potential opportunity to expand silvopasture practices in the eastern United States. This level of practice expansion, according to researchers, could capture between 4.9 million and 25.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year.

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Jeremy Kaufman Jeremy Kaufman

Chestnuts & Agroforestry: Massive Opportunity for American Farmers

Producing chestnuts in the United States represents a significant opportunity for farmers to meet a growing and under-served demand. In 2022, the U.S. imported roughly 6.7 million pounds valued at $9.8 million. That demand could easily be satisfied with domestic production, bringing substantial profit to U.S. farmers.

Through our work to date, we’ve discovered that chestnuts are the perfect complement for crops in agroforestry systems.

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Harry Greene Harry Greene

Alley Cropping with Forage Crops

Alley cropping presents an opportunity for farms producing forage crops at-scale to reinvigorate their existing operations. Farms can generate additional streams of profit from fruit, nut and timber while addressing challenges that threaten crop yield like soil erosion, nutrient loss and extreme weather.

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