Forest Farming: Agroforestry for NTFR Production

23 Pages·2013·2.48 MB·English

by  Dr. George Powell

Agroforestry:
Opportunities to Integrate
Production, Diversification
and Conservation

George Powell,
BC Agroforestry Industry
Development Initiative

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A g r o f o r e s t r y
The intentional, integrated production of trees
or shrubs with other crops and/or livestock.
Intensive management of interactions.
Defined by how you grow,
Agroforestry
not what you grow
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A g r o f o r e s t r y S y s t e m s
Shelterbelts, Timberbelts, Hedgerows
High-value hardwood fence
line planting, Agassiz

R. Krumsiek photo
Timberbelts, Big Bear Ranch,
Horsefly

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A g r o f o r e s t r y S y s t e m s
Integrated Riparian Management

Harvesting cedar boughs from
riparian buffer, Agassiz

M. Murray photo
Riparian apiary, Murray Family
Woodlot, Slocan Lake

AGRI photo
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A g r o f o r e s t r y S y s t e m s
Alley Cropping
‘The Giving Trees’ - nut
trees and diverse alleys,
Just Another Weed Patch
Farm, Gabriola Island

S. Zupanec photo
Hawthorn Alley Cropping Trials,
HerbPro, Edgewood

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A g r o f o r e s t r y S y s t e m s
Silvopasture
Cariboo Silvopasture Demo,
Zirnhelt Ranch, Big Lake Ranch

Silvopasture - Christmas trees,
Kootenay Tree Farms, Cranbrook

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A g r o f o r e s t r y S y s t e m s
Forest Farming
Forest Cultivated Devil’s Club,
Powell River
Boreal Forest Bounty,
Moberly Lake
Tapping Birch,
Quesnel
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A g r o f o r e s t r y B e n e f i t s
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A g r o f o r e s t r y B e n e f i t s
1. Production

a. Effective capture and use
of resources can produce
more per unit area.

(1 + 1 = >2)
Black walnut alley cropping
with forage, Oyama
AGRI photo
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A g r o f o r e s t r y B e n e f i t s
1. Production

b. Production synergies

C. Willis photo
Silvopasture with Christmas Trees,
Kootenay Tree Farms, Cranbrook
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