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  • U.S.-Canada partnership to promote agroforestry

    On April 17, 2012, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a cooperative partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Canada's Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food that will promote agroforestry to help landowners improve water quality, control soil erosion and boost their agriculture production. Read the whole story here.

  • Pennsylvania Agroforestry workshop
    scheduled for May

    The DCNR Bureau of Forestry, Penn State and Shaver's Creek Environmental Center is hosting a Forest Farming and Silvopasturing agroforestry workshop on May17. in Mifflintown, Juniata County, PA.

    Registration is FREE (if postmarked before April 30th).

    For more information:

  • Know Your Farmer,
    Know Your Food Compass

    The Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food (KYF) Compass is a new online resource about USDA’s support of local and regional food. The Compass is a multi-media narrative with stories, pictures and video about USDA’s support for local and regional food systems and an interactive map of USDA-supported local and regional food activities in all 50 state.

  • Great Plains Windbreak
    Renovation and Innovation Conference

    July 24-26, 2012

    This conference will bring together technical expertise and experience to facilitate learning and sharing about windbreak renovation and how to incorporate innovation into the design and management of windbreaks to address current and future needs and issues and to make windbreaks truly multifunctional. Check back here for updates and conference registration and lodging information.
    For more information go to:www.unl.edu/nac/renovation.htm


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