Educational event & programming for Producers interested in the Expanding Agroforestry Project

Farm Planning for Agroforestry

Led by Darren Doherty, CPAg (AIA) of Regrarians

Dates: September 6 - 9

Speakers & Educators

Darren Doherty

Brett Chedzoy

Garrett Miller

In Collaboration with

Full Weekend Educational Event

Full Program — Registration Closed

Dates: Sept. 6 - 9 (Monday optional)

Location: Ramble On Farm, Trumansburg, NY

Price: Free for qualified farms (See details)

Lunch included. Lodging not included. Camping permitted.


The Expanding Agroforestry Project has made this program (Normally $300) available at no cost to qualified commercially focused producers.

Farm Tours — Open to all

Dates & Locations:

Friday, Sept. 6 - Finger Lakes Cider House

Saturday, Sept. 7 - Ramble On Farm

Sunday, Sept. 8 - Angus Glen Farm

Price: Free

Full Program: Day by Day

    1. Overview of the course

    1. Brief introductions from the attendees

    1. Holistic Context Development

    1. Lunch

    1. Keyline Geometry & Surveying Tools

    1. Keyline Geometry Applied

    1. Farm tour of Finger Lakes Cider House

    1. Dinner and music at Finger Lakes Cider House

    1. Water - Quantity, quality, catchments, pond placement on different landscapes and in different soil types

    2. Frost-free watering for livestock

    3. Irrigation

    4. Tile drainage

    5. Road placement & slope

    6. Headlands for trees

    7. Lunch

    8. Tree establishment at different scales

    9. Equipment Demo: Site Prep at Ramble On Farm

    10. Tree species and financials

    11. Trees for wet ground

    12. Alley-cropping Windbreaks, & Silvopasture Design Details

    1. Tour of Angus Glen Farm, 30-year-old silvopasture

    2. Lunch

    3. Buildings

    4. Livestock Fencing

    5. Soil Improvement

    6. Agroforestry Economics

  • 1. Workshopping participants’ farm plans, presentations

    2. End

Who is the Full Program for?

  • Those who directly manage 5 - 500+ acres

  • Those who produce crops and/or run livestock commercially

  • Those who are planning to integrate trees into an operation,
    or have already done so

This educational event is not fit for

→ Backyard producers

→ Those who don’t manage land directly

→ Those un-interested in trees

What you will come away with

  1. Holistic decision making approach for your farm & direct advisory for a farm plan

  2. Detailed strategies and tactics for farm infrastructure (water, fencing, forestry, and production)

  3. How to choose tree crops, the cost/benefits, long term management, and sales & marketing of those crops

  4. Actionable steps on how to fund your long term farm plan

Farm Tours

What you’ll learn about: Fruit-centered alley cropping & mixed species silvopasture.

Date & Location: Friday, September 6 - Interlaken, NY

Evening Activity: The tour will end at the cider house where there will be food and cider to enjoy.

Finger Lakes Cider House

Garrett Miller

What you’ll learn about: Chestnuts, black locust, hybrid poplar, willows, site prep, and tree planting

Date & Location: Saturday, September 7 - Trumansburg, NY

Equipment Demo: Includes an equipment demo for site preparation & tree planting & from Propagate’s farm services team

Ramble On Farm

Harry Greene

Angus Glen Farm

What you’ll learn about: Mature cattle-centric silvopasture

Date & Location: Sunday, September 8 - Watkins Glen, NY

Brett Chedzoy

Farm Planning for Agroforestry

Agroforestry Educational Program & Farm Tours led by Darren Doherty, CPAg (AIA) CV of Regrarians

Dates: September 6 - 9