5 August 2009

Agroforestry comes of age

Creating consumer markets for forest-grown products, reducing nonpoint source pollution, protecting waterfowl habitat, and diversifying farm operations are a few of the ways agroforestry is moving to the forefront of the land-use discussion in North America.

A new edition of “North American Agroforestry: An Integrated Science and Practice,” published by the American Society of Agronomy builds upon the science.

Agroforestry can create greater economic value, enhance biodiversity, and improve soil, water, and air quality on many sites.

Agroforestry provides many opportunities to meet the needs of landowners and natural resource professionals while keeping the family farm economically viable and the environment in which we live healthy.

For more information, visit https://portal.sciencesocieties.org/Resources/Files/downloads/pdf/B10262.pdf.

For related information, go to www.isa.org/environmental.