Tag Archive for: Agroforestry

Designing a Coffee and Avocado Alley Cropping System

This video case study takes us on a tour of Jason Mraz's family…

Avocado Production 101 for Southern California

In this video, organic farmer Scott Murray covers all the basics…
A collage of hedgerow plant species

Weekly Wednesday Workshop: Perennial Forages, Shrubs, and Trees, Part 2

NCAT Grazing Specialist Justin Morris continues his conversation…
Loquat

Native and Naturalized Plants of South Texas for Urban Food Forests

I'm a Californian born and raised, so writing a blog about native and naturalized South Texas plants is one thing I never thought I'd do. But this spring I got the opportunity to go to Texas for an entire month, to work on an urban agroforestry project, and during that time I fell in love with its amazing native and naturalized plants.
Katherine Favor, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Urban Agroforestry: Bringing the Jungle Back to the Concrete Jungle

Cities are notorious for being devoid of flora and fauna. They don't call it the concrete jungle for nothing! But it doesn't have to be that way. In this blog, we're going to talk about how we can bring a little bit of jungle back to the concrete jungle with something called urban agroforestry.
Katherine Favor

Episode 240. Urban Agroforestry for Dryland Environments 

Urban agroforestry is the intentional use of perennial trees and shrubs to improve the sustainability and resilience of urban farms and communities. In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Agroforestry Specialist Katherine Favor sits down with Christopher Marciello of Ecology Artisans — a regenerative landscape and design firm — to talk about urban agroforestry in dryland environments.
Katherine Favor and Christopher Marciello

Episode 235. Silvopasture 101

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture…
Riparian buffer strips, one of several possible agroforestry practices, protects water quality and helps prevent stream bank erosion

Tag Archive for: Agroforestry

Designing a Coffee and Avocado Alley Cropping System

This video case study takes us on a tour of Jason Mraz's family…

Avocado Production 101 for Southern California

In this video, organic farmer Scott Murray covers all the basics…
A collage of hedgerow plant species

Weekly Wednesday Workshop: Perennial Forages, Shrubs, and Trees, Part 2

NCAT Grazing Specialist Justin Morris continues his conversation…
Loquat

Native and Naturalized Plants of South Texas for Urban Food Forests

I'm a Californian born and raised, so writing a blog about native and naturalized South Texas plants is one thing I never thought I'd do. But this spring I got the opportunity to go to Texas for an entire month, to work on an urban agroforestry project, and during that time I fell in love with its amazing native and naturalized plants.
Katherine Favor, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Urban Agroforestry: Bringing the Jungle Back to the Concrete Jungle

Cities are notorious for being devoid of flora and fauna. They don't call it the concrete jungle for nothing! But it doesn't have to be that way. In this blog, we're going to talk about how we can bring a little bit of jungle back to the concrete jungle with something called urban agroforestry.
Katherine Favor

Episode 240. Urban Agroforestry for Dryland Environments 

Urban agroforestry is the intentional use of perennial trees and shrubs to improve the sustainability and resilience of urban farms and communities. In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Agroforestry Specialist Katherine Favor sits down with Christopher Marciello of Ecology Artisans — a regenerative landscape and design firm — to talk about urban agroforestry in dryland environments.
Katherine Favor and Christopher Marciello

Episode 235. Silvopasture 101

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture…
Riparian buffer strips, one of several possible agroforestry practices, protects water quality and helps prevent stream bank erosion