With assistance from NE SARE, a partnership of national and regional agroforesters is hosting three-day advanced agroforestry training for technical service providers and agricultural educators. This training will provide a brief review of agroforestry, and opportunities for participants to explore agroforestry applications in depth with regional experts. In order to optimize networking opportunities, registration will be limited to 30 participants.

Early bird registration for this three-day training is $80 — registration will be $100 after August 15th.Register at Eventbrite link below.

Participants will:

• Hear the multiple benefits windbreaks can provide to poultry operators through reducing energy and bedding costs, while reducing nutrient inputs to adjacent water bodies.
• Learn how to diversify income streams by integrating conservation and agriculture in multifunctional buffers.
• See how hedgerows can enhance water quality and provide pollination habitat at the same time.
• Tour an agroforestry site developed in a public-private partnership and learn about the process, benefits and pitfalls from the farmers themselves.
• Put learning into practice through a guided agroforestry planning exercise.
• Learn about agroforestry planning tools, incentives and cost-share opportunities
• See how landowners converted seven forested acres into a productive native plant nursery
• Learn about market options and supply chains for agroforestry products
• Hear about nut crops and the restoration of the American Chestnut
• Learn how to plan for forest succession in a silvopasture
• Become part of a growing network of agroforestry educators and practitioners
• SAF and Ag-related CEUs pending

Click here for the draft 3 Day agenda!