A statewide agroforestry survey conducted by Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) (not yet published), reported 349 farms in NY using at least one agroforestry practice:
- Forest Farming — 34% (119 farms)
- Windbreaks — 18% (62 farms)
- Riparian buffers — 17% (60 farms)
- Silvopasture — 10.5% (37 farms)
- Other — 10.3% (36 farms)
- Alley Cropping — 10% (35 farms)
- Not yet, but will start — 7% (25 farms)
The Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force is developing forest management protocol.
To see what agroforestry practices are receiving funding (or not) under applicable NRCS standards, Check out this link!
To learn more about all the neat things happening across the state, check out this composite document of resources:
- The State of NY Agroforestry
- compiled by Samantha Bosco,
- and shared by Gabriel Smith.
