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Update frequency:
every 101 days
Average audio length:
32 minutes
English
United States
16 episodes
since Jan. 1, 2019
episodic

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Missouri tree syrup makers are connected to the forest in an intimate way, attending to late winter temperature fluctuations, noticing their trees' health, and delighting in a sap flow that will result (with much time and care) in a sweet reward. Maples are not a preferred species in these forests,…

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After decades of trial and error, cultivar test orchards, and local breeding efforts, chestnuts are about to take a big leap towards becoming more regionally adapted and rooted in productive agroforestry systems across their range. The Chestnut Improvement Network is a participatory breeding progr…
Trees and pigs may seem an unlikely combination, but in fact, hog silvopasture has been practiced for thousands of years, and is only recently making a comeback in the US. In this episode, two practitioners share their insights about raising hogs under trees. During the last in-person Perennial Far…
In this episode, we inoculate a deeper understanding of how fungi can play an important role on farms with trees, both as a valuable crop and as a source of ecological revitalization. Steve Gabriel from the Cornell Small Farms Program and Wellspring Forest Farm, and Nicola MacPherson from Ozark For…
Secure and affordable long-term land access can be a major barrier for beginning farmers planning agroforestry endeavors. In this episode, we'll hear from a few people who support solutions to this challenge: Keefe Keeley, co-executive director of the Savanna Institute; Joe Klingelhutz, farm specia…
We close the first season of the Agroforestry Podcast with an episode intended to steer your budding tree crop ideas into grounded reality. Larry Godsey, Associate Professor of Agribusiness at Missouri Valley College and former agroforestry economist with the Center for Agroforestry, shares his ins…
Urban agroforestry is more than the marriage of city farms and community forestry; there are many ways multi-story perennial food systems can take shape in these spaces. In this episode, we hear from Sarah Lovell, Director of the University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry; Cathy Bukowski, PhD…
Pawpaw has big potential as a specialty crop with conservation value. In this episode, learn about the plant's biology, propagation, and promising cultivars from Patrick Byers, University of Missouri Extension; and about technical and financial support for agroforestry plantings like pawpaw from …
Silvopasture, the integration of trees with animals and forage, is a promising approach that can yield many benefits. In this episode, we'll hear from Ashley Conway, the Center for Agroforestry's silvopasture research faculty, Dusty Walter, MU's Wurdack Research Center superintendent, and Greg Judy…
This episode features Dr. Leo Sharashkin's seminar from the Agroforestry Academy, the Center for Agroforestry's annual intensive training program. Leo collects wild swarms of honeybees and keeps them in "horizontal", or Layens, hives to harvest forest honey that is free of agrichemicals and othe…
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