Recording! The Future is Food Forests: Agroforestry is Changing NH’s Agricultural Landscape
On November 6, the NH Food Alliance held its November Network Café, part of the 2026-2027 Network Café Series, to explore the exciting potential of agroforestry with the Adaptive Agroforestry Principles and Teaching (ADAPT) program, a research and education partnership between the University of New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, and Yale University.
Professor Heidi Asbjornsen and Laurie Mooney of the Natural Resources and the Environment department in the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture shared about the three agroforestry approaches suited to New England and utilized in the program—food forests, forest farming, and silvopasture—and what they've learned so far from the research and partnerships with local farms. Attendees learned how agroforestry can diversify farm operations, build climate resilience, and create new opportunities for New Hampshire farmers and landowners, as well as some practical insights to getting started. Watch the recording below!
Our next Network Café in the series will be on Friday, December 4 from 12-1PM. We'll be sharing about the exciting projects that the Strategic Plan Workgroups are taking on. Learn more and register here
