Jack Ray’s approach to farming — one that includes agroforestry, foraging and free ranging and pasture-raised chickens — at Treaster Kettle Farm shouldn’t come as a surprise. Before undertaking a ...

Agroforestry is the intentional integration of trees into crop and livestock farming systems. It is not a new concept; many ...

Agroforestry is a word that probably won’t cause many people to rise to their feet in acknowledgment of its vitality. Nevertheless, it holds the promise of entirely reshaping landscapes, mitigating ...

Forests offer farmers a specialized area for growing all kinds of crops. Mushrooms are excellent in forest farming systems, ...

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In the latter part of 2016, Ethan Steinberg and two of his friends planned a driving tour across the U.S. to interview farmers. Their goal was to solve a riddle that had been bothering each of them ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines agroforestry as a farming practice that covers four “I” goals: intentional, intensive, integration and interactive. There are five types of agroforestry in ...

It’s been reported that climate change is the reason for record high chocolate prices, but what’s received less attention is the root cause of the problem. Chocolate costs more now due to decades of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Drive through rural Minnesota in high summer and you’ll take in a view that dominates ...

As the world’s third-largest coffee producer and a nation that has been growing the popular Arabica variety since 1870, there’s not much that Colombia doesn’t know about growing the crop. In some ...