Eligible producers in the United States are invited to apply to an incentive payment program beginning November 15, 2023. Over the course of five years, $36 million will be paid out to producers in direct incentive payments to transform 30,000 acres spanning 30 states into agroforestry systems, thus building a foundation for expanding agroforestry practices nationally.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $60 million award to The Nature Conservancy, Propagate, and multiple partners to fund a 5-year project to advance agroforestry in 38 states across the eastern United States and Hawai'i. The project is one of 70 awards that the USDA is funding through the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Initiative. Fewer than 20% of submitted projects were funded.

Syntropic farming has taken hold in Brazil and the tropics, but today we ask: How can we apply these concepts to cold climates?

The farming industry in America needs to rally around SaaS adoption and implementation. Technology can help scale local farms and businesses to meet demand.

To define reforestation specifically in the farming industry, we look to efforts happening and the impact of these reforestation efforts at a global scale.

There are both environmental as well as economical advantages to agroforestry. We list them here and help farmers and landowners start their own process.

The rest of the US can take note from the deep decarbonization efforts happening in the Hudson Valley Region. Here's what's going on and what's working well.

Agroforestry systems are critical to the development of global land, so where does agtech make an impact on their development and maintenance? Learn more now.