#agroforestry — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #agroforestry, aggregated by home.social.
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Explore 5,370 photos from 497 global locations practicing agroecology. 🌳 A vibrant look at landscapes and communities committed to biodiversity and food sovereignty. 🌎
📷 https://agroecologymap.org/gallery
#agroecology #permaculture #agroforestry #sustainability #regenerative #opendata
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UECO plants hope with agroecology, permaculture, and agroforestry 🌱💚 They empower youth, restore ecosystems, and champion food sovereignty. Join their mission for a sustainable future! https://agroecologymap.org/l/566 #UECO #Sustainability #Agroforestry #ClimateAction
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A living poem of agroecology and permaculture, Huerta Flor de Cactus 🌵 in Ecuador nurtures food sovereignty, soil life, and community hope 🌞. Discover the magic. https://agroecologymap.org/l/47 #Agroecology #Permaculture #FoodSovereignty #Sustainability #Agroforestry
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We have organised thousands of fruit trees to serve in communities and schools to ensure elimination of #hunger and environmental degradation in central Uganda.
Through engaging the young generation in sustainable programs of eco-friendly food production,we solve many future hunger,malnutrition and climate related challenges.
#trees #mastodon #agroforestry #gardening #photography #fediverse #environment #ClimateAction #biodiversity #linux #plants #ecosystem #nature #fruits #socialimpact -
We have organised thousands of fruit trees to serve in communities and schools to ensure elimination of #hunger and environmental degradation in central Uganda.
Through engaging the young generation in sustainable programs of eco-friendly food production,we solve many future hunger,malnutrition and climate related challenges.
#trees #mastodon #agroforestry #gardening #photography #fediverse #environment #ClimateAction #biodiversity #linux #plants #ecosystem #nature #fruits #socialimpact -
We have organised thousands of fruit trees to serve in communities and schools to ensure elimination of #hunger and environmental degradation in central Uganda.
Through engaging the young generation in sustainable programs of eco-friendly food production,we solve many future hunger,malnutrition and climate related challenges.
#trees #mastodon #agroforestry #gardening #photography #fediverse #environment #ClimateAction #biodiversity #linux #plants #ecosystem #nature #fruits #socialimpact -
We have organised thousands of fruit trees to serve in communities and schools to ensure elimination of #hunger and environmental degradation in central Uganda.
Through engaging the young generation in sustainable programs of eco-friendly food production,we solve many future hunger,malnutrition and climate related challenges.
#trees #mastodon #agroforestry #gardening #photography #fediverse #environment #ClimateAction #biodiversity #linux #plants #ecosystem #nature #fruits #socialimpact -
We have organised thousands of fruit trees to serve in communities and schools to ensure elimination of #hunger and environmental degradation in central Uganda.
Through engaging the young generation in sustainable programs of eco-friendly food production,we solve many future hunger,malnutrition and climate related challenges.
#trees #mastodon #agroforestry #gardening #photography #fediverse #environment #ClimateAction #biodiversity #linux #plants #ecosystem #nature #fruits #socialimpact -
🌿 At Three Trees, agroecology and permaculture breathe life into every root, tree, and wild edge 🐾. Food sovereignty grows from soil healed by love, not chemicals. Come learn, share, and be inspired 🌞 https://agroecologymap.org/l/483 #Permaculture #Agroforestry #FoodSovereignty #RegenerativeFarming
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This event is local to #Norfolk #UK
#Agroforestry Open Weekend coming up: From Saturday 16th May all the way through to Monday 18th May.
Are you interested in growing #trees #shrubs and #perennials in a self-sustaining system? Already growing but would like another perspective?
Inquiries: more information at
https://agroforestryopenweekend.org/arcadia/
#permaculture #gardening #sustainability #nature #forest #food #fruit #vegetable
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If you are having a quit the tech industry and become a farmer day: The Kindling Trust (Manchester food non-profit) have a couple of job vacancies. https://kindling.org.uk/news/join-our-growing-teams
Community Food Hub Co-ordinator, Stockport, full time, £26k
https://kindling.org.uk/news/help-us-regrow-woodbank-community-food-hubFresh Produce Harvester and Packer, Tarbock Green, Merseyside, part time, £26k pro-rata
https://kindling.org.uk/news/veg-box-people-are-recruiting-0(If you just want a day planting things in a field they have volunteering opertunities at both sites.)
#Stockport #Merseyside #GetFediHired #NonProfit #GreenJobs #AgroForestry
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If you are having a quit the tech industry and become a farmer day: The Kindling Trust (Manchester food non-profit) have a couple of job vacancies. https://kindling.org.uk/news/join-our-growing-teams
Community Food Hub Co-ordinator, Stockport, full time, £26k
https://kindling.org.uk/news/help-us-regrow-woodbank-community-food-hubFresh Produce Harvester and Packer, Tarbock Green, Merseyside, part time, £26k pro-rata
https://kindling.org.uk/news/veg-box-people-are-recruiting-0(If you just want a day planting things in a field they have volunteering opertunities at both sites.)
#Stockport #Merseyside #GetFediHired #NonProfit #GreenJobs #AgroForestry
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If you are having a quit the tech industry and become a farmer day: The Kindling Trust (Manchester food non-profit) have a couple of job vacancies. https://kindling.org.uk/news/join-our-growing-teams
Community Food Hub Co-ordinator, Stockport, full time, £26k
https://kindling.org.uk/news/help-us-regrow-woodbank-community-food-hubFresh Produce Harvester and Packer, Tarbock Green, Merseyside, part time, £26k pro-rata
https://kindling.org.uk/news/veg-box-people-are-recruiting-0(If you just want a day planting things in a field they have volunteering opertunities at both sites.)
#Stockport #Merseyside #GetFediHired #NonProfit #GreenJobs #AgroForestry
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If you are having a quit the tech industry and become a farmer day: The Kindling Trust (Manchester food non-profit) have a couple of job vacancies. https://kindling.org.uk/news/join-our-growing-teams
Community Food Hub Co-ordinator, Stockport, full time, £26k
https://kindling.org.uk/news/help-us-regrow-woodbank-community-food-hubFresh Produce Harvester and Packer, Tarbock Green, Merseyside, part time, £26k pro-rata
https://kindling.org.uk/news/veg-box-people-are-recruiting-0(If you just want a day planting things in a field they have volunteering opertunities at both sites.)
#Stockport #Merseyside #GetFediHired #NonProfit #GreenJobs #AgroForestry
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CW: Some notes about land-use
When talking about land-use, it is, however, important to understand that land is not something that is used and then thrown away (ok, there are some heavily destructive uses, e.g. mining).
Land provides multiple services (biodiversity, carbon storage, water cycling, recreation, agricultural production, space for building stuff...). Some land-uses reduce the capacity of land to provide these services.
The next issue is the order in which the services are priorized. Some services have a more or less evident price tag (agricultural production, or space for buildings), while other (ecosystem) services, like water purification, carbon storage or biodiversity, are usually not taken into account by the market, except by really motivated people(TM) or administrations treating these services as public goods that deserve protection.So, to make a fair comparison, it is important to assess the capacity of the different land-uses to provide the land-related services. And here it gets somewhat messy because management comes into play. E.g. 'agriculture' can be an conventional, pesticide-based soil degrading extractive system with all the consequences for soil, water and biodiversity; however, you can also have an agroforestry system that provides its functions in the interest of society and nature.
And here comes into play that e.g. pastures, despite taking up a lot of land, can be quite well-managed and score high on ecosystem services (of course, capitalism promotes the opposite: land degradation an unnecessary suffering*).
Just wanted to provide this context to the great map.* of ccourse, reducing meat intake is a goal the whole society should work towards.
#LandUse #EcosystemServices #Biodiversity #Pastures #Agroforestry #LandManagement
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#Permaculture... And why #Maine is perfect for it
By Topher Belknap, November 2018
"THE TERM PERMACULTURE was coined by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren in the 1970s, but the concepts it embodies have been around for much longer. According to Holmgren, permaculture is, 'Consciously designed landscapes which mimic the patterns and relationships found in nature, while yielding an abundance of food, fiber and energy for provision of local needs.'
Permaculture design: a primer
"Permaculture is a form of landscape design intended to generate food for humans while simultaneously regenerating our soil and land. It aims to create environments that meet our needs in sustainable ways; repair damage to ecosystems; and maintain and return wild spaces. Or, as I like to say, 'Permaculture is farming with your head, your heart and ... trees.'
"With respect to ecosystem repair, there are several things we can easily do that nature struggles to accomplish—such as moving nutrients uphill; moving nutrients from the ocean back to land; slowing water on steep slopes; and planting trees appropriate to the changing climate. All these things can be done by people with just a small amount of planning and effort.
"Systems that mimic nature are more sustainable, whereas human-created systems tend to be linear in their design, consuming resources and creating unusable waste. Natural systems maintain a closed loop, where waste from one element becomes input for another element. Nothing is depleted, and nothing accumulates into pollution.
"In permaculture, before introducing a new element to the design it is important to consider what that element adds and what it takes away or consumes in relation to the other elements in the system.
"Chickens, for example, need food, but if you already have a surplus of grain and ticks, their food is provided in the system. They need a place to scratch, but if you have patches of land that need cleaning up, they will do the work for you. They produce manure, but if you have a garden, it needs the fertilizer. They produce eggs, but if you already have bacon... well then, you’ve got breakfast!"
https://greenmainehomes.com/blog/2018/11/20/permaculture-and-why-maine-is-perfect-for-it
#SolarPunkSunday #Homesteading #MoreTree #FoodForests #Agroforestry #AgroEcology #GrowYourOwnFood #PermacultureDesign #GardenDesign #ZeroWaste -
#Agroforestry may be just what #Maine needs for agricultural growth
By Marina Schauffler
Published on: January 24, 2021Excerpt: "Agroforestry, an age-old concept, could provide a path to Maine’s future. Part of the #RegenerativeAgriculture movement, it involves an integrated approach to cultivating #trees with #crops and – sometimes – #livestock. These diversified farm systems nourish #SoilHealth and #wildlife while offering more resilience in a warming world — locking up atmospheric carbon, absorbing floodwaters, and sheltering crops and animals from high winds and #ExtremeHeat.
" 'Diversity is really key to sustainability for small farms and the ecology of farms,' said vegetable farmer Max Boudreau of Winslow Farm in Falmouth. He sees many landowners and #homesteaders 'putting these principles into practice,' but said agroforestry is still 'a foreign concept' in farm service agencies.
"Being interdisciplinary, agroforestry challenges the siloed world of natural resource management. It is routinely ignored in college curricula and by technical service providers, said Meghan Giroux, an agroforestry researcher, technical service provider and practitioner in Vermont. Her nonprofit, #InterlaceCommons, seeks to fill that void by training farmers – including Boudreau – how to implement and maintain agroforestry practices.
"Boudreau was one of the 20 farmers selected among 92 applicants from around the Northeast for a free, agroforestry 'field consultancy' this year. Farmers are eager to learn about agroforestry’s potential to diversify income, and there’s growing consumer demand for its products – from nuts and uncommon fruits (like #honeyberry and #PawPaw) to #mushrooms and #MedicinalHerbs.
"Yet policymakers routinely tell Giroux there’s 'no interest in agroforestry,' she says. 'There’s no institutional will to move these practices forward primarily because people don’t understand them.'
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture has supported agroforestry since the 1990 Farm Bill and does exceptional research, Giroux feels, but “a knowledge-exchange issue” prevents guidance from reaching most landowners. A network of trained farmers could help support and train peers – a process that happens informally, Boudreau says, in the permaculture community, a related landscape design approach modeled after natural systems.
"Research has already demonstrated that #NoTill agriculture improves crop yields, reduces costs and improves soil health. Even more economic and environmental benefits could flow from cultivating crops in a layered, integrated mix of annuals and perennials more reminiscent of natural plant communities."
Full article:
https://themainemonitor.org/sea-change-agroforestry-may-be-just-what-maine-needs-for-agricultural-growth/#SolarPunkSunday #NoMonoculture #Polyculture #AgroEcology #FoodForests
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R-Future 2026 is live from Jan 14th-18th - an online conference about #regenerative practices, realities and our future hosted by #MattPowers :
https://matt-powers.mykajabi.com/r-future
(Access is free for the time it's on)
#soil #permaculture #sustainability #regeneration #agriculture #agroforestry #resilience #mycology #microbes #soilfoodweb
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Research revealed that switching from animal farming to plant-based agroforestry in Brazil can more than double rural producers' income. 🧑🌾 #brazil #farming #farmer #animalfarming #agroforestry
Plant-Based Agroforestry Could... -
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#RegenerativeAgriculture has its roots in #Indigenous farming
Strategic Intelligence
Fri, October 10, 2025Excerpt: "While regenerative agriculture is growing in business settings as a method of reducing agricultural impact, and as an emissions reduction method, indigenous farmers have been responding to environmental stimuli and promoting non-intensive farming methods for millennia. Indigenous groups and farmers are the best guardians of the world’s #ecosystems."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/regenerative-agriculture-roots-indigenous-farming-142900539.html
#SolarPunkSunday #Agroecology #RegenerativeFarming #Agroforestry #Intercropping #Polyculture
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#RegenerativeAgriculture has its roots in #Indigenous farming
Strategic Intelligence
Fri, October 10, 2025Excerpt: "While regenerative agriculture is growing in business settings as a method of reducing agricultural impact, and as an emissions reduction method, indigenous farmers have been responding to environmental stimuli and promoting non-intensive farming methods for millennia. Indigenous groups and farmers are the best guardians of the world’s #ecosystems."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/regenerative-agriculture-roots-indigenous-farming-142900539.html
#SolarPunkSunday #Agroecology #RegenerativeFarming #Agroforestry #Intercropping #Polyculture
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#RegenerativeAgriculture has its roots in #Indigenous farming
Strategic Intelligence
Fri, October 10, 2025Excerpt: "While regenerative agriculture is growing in business settings as a method of reducing agricultural impact, and as an emissions reduction method, indigenous farmers have been responding to environmental stimuli and promoting non-intensive farming methods for millennia. Indigenous groups and farmers are the best guardians of the world’s #ecosystems."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/regenerative-agriculture-roots-indigenous-farming-142900539.html
#SolarPunkSunday #Agroecology #RegenerativeFarming #Agroforestry #Intercropping #Polyculture
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#RegenerativeAgriculture has its roots in #Indigenous farming
Strategic Intelligence
Fri, October 10, 2025Excerpt: "While regenerative agriculture is growing in business settings as a method of reducing agricultural impact, and as an emissions reduction method, indigenous farmers have been responding to environmental stimuli and promoting non-intensive farming methods for millennia. Indigenous groups and farmers are the best guardians of the world’s #ecosystems."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/regenerative-agriculture-roots-indigenous-farming-142900539.html
#SolarPunkSunday #Agroecology #RegenerativeFarming #Agroforestry #Intercropping #Polyculture
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#RegenerativeAgriculture has its roots in #Indigenous farming
Strategic Intelligence
Fri, October 10, 2025Excerpt: "While regenerative agriculture is growing in business settings as a method of reducing agricultural impact, and as an emissions reduction method, indigenous farmers have been responding to environmental stimuli and promoting non-intensive farming methods for millennia. Indigenous groups and farmers are the best guardians of the world’s #ecosystems."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/regenerative-agriculture-roots-indigenous-farming-142900539.html
#SolarPunkSunday #Agroecology #RegenerativeFarming #Agroforestry #Intercropping #Polyculture
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Around 25% of Africa’s Land is Damaged: This is How We Fix It!
Almost 25% of all land in Africa has been damaged. Land degradation is worrying issue across the continent of Africa. This is being driven by climate change and deforestation for extractive industries like rare mineral mining and monocultures like palm oil and cocoa. Other big drivers includes invasive species and environmental pollutants and toxins. Mlungele Nsikani is a land restoration specialist and environmental scientist. He explains how ecological restoration and agroecology is a great way to reverse land degradation so that people, plants and animals can thrive. Another powerful way to make an impact is through boycotting industries destroying the world like gold mining, palm oil and the meat industry. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife
25% of #land in #Africa is damaged by #climatechange #mining and #palmoil #deforestation. Yet strong policies for #agroecology would restore land for people, plants and animals to thrive #BoycottPalmOil #ClimateActionNow #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-90N
Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterWritten by Mlungele M. Nsikani, Senior scientist, South African National Biodiversity Institute. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
What’s driving land degradation on the continent?
Africa is one of the most degraded continents in the world. About 23% of the surface of Africa, or over 700 million hectares of land, is already degraded. Another three million hectares is being further degraded annually.
Degraded land is land that has lost some of its natural productivity through processes caused by humans. It’s estimated that up to 40% of the planet’s land is degraded.
The “big five” drivers of land degradation globally and in Africa are:
- biological invasions, where plant species have spread outside their indigenous area and disrupted the services provided by ecosystems
- climate change driven events, such as intense droughts and severe fires
- extractive activities, such as mining and over-harvesting
- habitat transformation or fragmentation, including deforestation and poor agricultural practices
- pollutants such as sulphur dioxide, and eutrophication – where algae and other plants take over plant life.
Factors that have made the situation worse in Africa include: development demands; a high dependency on natural resources at the household level (such as the use of firewood for cooking); agricultural practices (including clearing indigenous plants to grow cash crops); weak governance; insecure land tenure; pervasive poverty; and population growth.
What is ecological restoration?
Ecological restoration is the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed. Removing invasive plants and reintroducing indigenous species is one way to reverse damage. Ecological restoration is about helping to create conditions in which plants, animals and microorganisms can carry out the work of recovery themselves.
Assisting recovery can be as complex as altering landforms (intentionally changing aspects of the landscape), planting vegetation, changing the hydrology (water flow), and reintroducing wildlife. It can also be as simple as removing an invasive species or reintroducing a lost plant species to the land.
For example more than 8,750 plant species have found their way to South Africa. Over 785 species have made the country their permanent home on a significant scale and have had negative impacts. These include at least 14 Australian Acacia tree species which are invasive across South Africa. These cover about 554,000 hectares of the country.
They use up water resources and reduce grazing land. They also change soil microbial community structure, diversity and function. Invasive Acacia trees have established extensive woodlands that compete against native species, leaving little room for native plants and trees to grow. This costs more than R4 billion annually (about US$214 million) – the combined cost of clearing invasive species and the value of reduced ecosystem services in invaded areas.
The fynbos biome, which covers large parts of South Africa’s Western Cape province, has been the most affected. Since 1995, the publicly funded Working for Water programme has cleared invasive species, leaving ecosystems to recover naturally. The Greater Cape Town Water Fund has also funded the removal of thousands of thirsty invasive trees in mountain areas in a bid to save water and restore indigenous fynbos. This is known as passive restoration.
Planting native vegetation (often done through seed) – active restoration – has also helped the land recover. However, it has been applied at a smaller scale than passive restoration because it is more expensive. Planting native vegetation after clearing invasive species is often a more effective way to help native species recover in the restoration site, particularly if the native soil seedbanks have been depleted by the long duration of invasion.
How can people help?
Anyone can contribute to the restoration of ecosystems. The first thing is to advocate for and actively engage in the conservation of intact ecosystems. As the old adage goes, prevention is better than cure.
Ecological restoration is a great tool to tackle land degradation. But it’s not a quick fix. It’s still necessary to protect and conserve natural ecosystems.
Secondly, everyone should get involved in ecological restoration efforts, no matter how small. We can help remove invasive species or plant native species where we live. We can donate or be part of organisations that are involved in ecological restoration.
Above all, we should continue to spread the ecological restoration message and show that we are #GenerationRestoration!
The need for ecological restoration on the continent is great. Only functioning landscapes can provide affordable food, water and energy. These are the cornerstones of economic development. Ecological restoration can protect and enhance environmental assets and natural resources, provide employment, and help national development, security and social stability.
Written by Mlungele M. Nsikani, Senior scientist, South African National Biodiversity Institute. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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#Wabanaki group restoring 245-acre farm in #SwanvilleME as food hub
#Niweskok, a Wabanaki-led #FoodSovereignty organization, recently bought the farm to aid its work reinvigorating traditional crops and land management.by Gillian Graham, May 8, 2025
"A Wabanaki-led food sovereignty organization recently acquired a 245-acre farm in Swanville, marking the return of Wabanaki stewardship to ancestral lands in the Penobscot Bay region.
"Niweskok: From the #StarsToSeeds, a collaboration of Wabanaki #FoodAndMedicine providers, has focused for years on reinvigorating #TraditionalCrops and #LandManagement strategies, distributing #TraditionalFoods and hosting workshops. But they did not have a permanent land base until buying the farm." 'Now, with this land, we have permanency of place — and the ability to continue this work for generations to come,' said #AliviaMoore, a #PenobscotNation citizen and Niweskok co-director.
"Niweskok (which translates to 'dried seeds for planting' in the Penobscot language) raised more than $1.8 million in just three months to buy the farm, which had been used to raise cattle and board horses. The group continues to raise money toward its $3 million capital campaign goal.
"Acquiring the land in January was a major step toward restoring the #PenobscotBay region as a Wabanaki food hub and allows Indigenous communities to reconnect with #TraditionalFoodways, #medicines and #ecological #stewardship. Niweskok sees the land as an intergenerational center where Wabanaki values of care, reciprocity and sustainability can flourish.
Moore said the land will allow Niweskok to go much deeper in its food production work. The group’s plans for the land include educational programming, #SeedSaving, #WildHarvesting and cultural camps."Moore said the land itself would determine the name of the farm. The farm was selected because it is close to the ocean and Penobscot territory.
'Penobscot people have been, through the process of #colonization and #genocide, thoroughly removed from coastal access,' Moore said. 'So for us to truly have healthful economies, healthful social structures and political systems, we need to be able to engage in our coastal ecology.'"The land, with access to the #GooseRiver, includes agricultural #fields, 140 acres of #forest, #wetlands and ponds. There are miles of riding trails through the woods, which Niweskok staff will map and decide which to maintain and whether more are needed for waterway access.
"Niweskok staff members have been preparing the soil for future planting and harvesting. Moore has been working on a 1-acre welcome garden that includes #perennials, #FruitTrees, #SweetGrass, #blueberries and other plants. Last week, she planted 70 #asparagus seedlings and 35 #rhubarb plants.
"Plans also are underway to spruce up a #farmstand where Niweskok will share #FreeProduce with neighbors.
"Moore has also been focused on working to restore the forests as #FoodForests — a process that will take years — and has started selective cutting to support existing #hazelnut groves and #BlackCherries.
"Niweskok will also create outdoor classrooms for community members to engage with the land, including demonstrations on plantings and #agroforestry techniques.
" 'An outdoor kitchen is one of our high-priority areas because so much of our time and how we want to support our community is being with our foods and outside as much as possible,' Moore said. 'Cooking over open fire is not only a way we want to engage with folks, but an important, culturally significant and really beautiful way to be together.'"Niweskok this month was awarded the #EspyHeritageAward from the #MaineCoastHeritageTrust, an annual award that recognizes those who make outstanding contributions to #LandConservation while inspiring others. It was the first time the award was given to an #Indigenous-led group.
"Angela Twitchell, director of partnerships and public policy for Maine Coast Heritage Trust, said Niweskok’s work to restore the Penobscot Bay region as a Wabanaki food hub is 'an inspiring example of how land conservation is evolving.'
"For decades starting in the 1950s, land conservation was centered on ecological and species protection and protecting lands from people and development. It has since evolved to center its work in community, Twitchell said.
" '(Niweskok’s) work embodies resilience and a deep commitment to healing and nourishing both the land and the community,' she said. 'The collaborative work between #LandTrusts and Niweskok stands as a model to be replicated.'
"Moore said the award acknowledges the leadership of Niweskok, and added that other incredible Wabanaki-led land work is happening in the region. Moore hopes the award indicates that Maine conservation groups will continue to find ways to support Wabanaki leadership in conservation.
"Having the land has been a 'beautiful invitation' for the #NonWabanaki community 'to support Wabanaki food sovereignty and be in support of our leadership in care of the land,' Moore said."Archived version:
https://archive.md/Ii0au#WabanakiConfederacy
#MaineFirstNations #LandBack #FoodSecurity #FoodSovereignty #sovereignty #Wabanakik #WabanakiAlliance #Decolonize #SolarPunkSunday #LandStewards #stewardship #NatureEducation #Foraging #Maine #IndigenousPeoplesDay -
#SustainableAgriculture research tour planned for July 16 at #UMaine farm in #OldTownME
June 30, 2025
Old Town, Maine — "University of Maine Cooperative Extension will hold its annual Sustainable Agriculture Research Tour on Wednesday, July 16 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the UMaine #RogersFarm Forage and Crop Research Facility, 914 Bennoch Rd., Old Town and the nearby #WymansWildBlueberry Research Center.
"The event is geared toward #farmers, crop advisors and others interested in #agricultural production. Faculty and staff from UMaine’s School of Food and Agriculture and #UMaineExtension will present their field research on a variety of crops. Specific topics will include #organic #NoTill dry #bean production methods, soil health demonstrations, #CimateChange effects on wild blueberries, #agroforestry and variety trials for #forage #legumes and #potatoes.
"This event is free and pre-registration is not required. Participants will receive two pesticide certification credits and 3.5 CCA credits. Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. For a detailed announcement visit the event webpage.
"Rogers Farm and Wyman’s Wild Blueberry Research Center are two of several facilities across the state that comprise the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station.
"For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact Thomas Molloy at [email protected].
About University of Maine Cooperative Extension:
"As a trusted resource for over 100 years, Extension has supported UMaine’s #LandAndSeaGrant public education role by conducting community-driven, research-based programs in every Maine county. UMaine Extension seeks to build thriving communities and grow the food-based economy, focusing on aspects from production and processing to nutrition, food safety and food security. Extension also conducts the most successful out-of-school youth educational program in Maine through 4-H which offers hands-on projects in areas like health, science, agriculture and civic engagement and creates a positive environment where participants are encouraged to take on proactive leadership roles."
FMI:
https://extension.umaine.edu/2025/06/30/sustainable-agriculture-research-tour-2/#SolarPunkSunday #RegenerativeAgriculture #Sustainability #FarmingInMaine #ClimateChangeFarming
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Are you interested in #Agroforestry, #EcosystemServices & rural-urban dynamics? And would you like to join our Social-Ecological Interactions Group? Please apply for a 4-years (65%) PhD position on “Effects of tree-based agriculture on ecosystem services supply, distribution & access in a rurban environment”. Fieldwork will take place in Morocco. Infos: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/358166. Deadline: 24.07.25. @unikassel.
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In Marronage Lies the Search of a World
by Malcom Ferdinand: https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/14/1/182/294316
#reservations #silenciation #responsibility #emancipation #religions #whiteness #coloniality #modernity #separation #ecology #environmentalism #natives #indigènes #autochtones #maroon #marronage #MalcomFerdinand #AndreasMalm #Malm #wilderness #nature #decolonial #GreenSpaces #Maroons #colonization #imaginaries #systemicRacism #lynching #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #BlackMastodon #plantation #plantationism #agroForestry #structuralRacism #decolonialRead #longRead #gardening #Antilles #Caribbean #environmentalJustice
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Here's a video of Martin Crawford talking about what a forest garden is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u75q3KaZGy4
#permaculture #agroforestry #DHT #SchumacherCollege #Dartington #RegenerativeAgriculture #sustainability #MedicinalPlants
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#agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #permaculture #permacultura #agroforestry #agroforesta #agroforesterie
#agriculturepaysanne #farmer
#contadino
#sustainability #décroissance #decrescita #sobriétéheureuse #régénérationdessols #maraichagesursolvivant #regenerative #réensauvagement #rewilding #organic #organicfood #haie #siepe #climatechange #ecoqueer #lgbt+ #gayfarmer #ruralpride #radicalfaeries
#lombardia
#italia
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Researching food forest vine plantings for sustainable ecosystems. Our open-source guide includes images, descriptions, planting guidelines, and cultural insights for USDA zones 7a-7b. Explore more at our Food Forest Open Source Hub.
https://onecommunityglobal.org/food-forest-vine-plantings/
#FoodForest #Permaculture #EdibleLandscaping #SustainableLiving #Agroforestry #RegenerativeAg #EcoFarming #Biodiversity #VinePlanting #OneCommunity
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Exploring food forest groundcover plantings for sustainable ecosystems. Our research includes images, descriptions, planting guidelines, and cultural considerations, with open-source details for USDA zones 7a-7b. Find more at our Food Forest Open Source Hub.
https://onecommunityglobal.org/food-forest-herb-plantings/
#FoodForest #Permaculture #RegenerativeAg #EdibleLandscaping #SustainableLiving #Groundcover #Agroforestry #EcoFarming #Biodiversity #OneCommunity
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Exploring food forest groundcover plantings for sustainable ecosystems. Our research includes images, descriptions, planting guidelines, and cultural considerations, with open-source details for USDA zones 7a-7b. Find more at our Food Forest Open Source Hub.
https://onecommunityglobal.org/food-forest-groundcover-plantings/
#FoodForest #Permaculture #RegenerativeAg #EdibleLandscaping #SustainableLiving #Groundcover #Agroforestry #EcoFarming #Biodiversity #OneCommunity
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Appropriate Technology
Over 1050 books on various self-reliance, DIY technology. On one USB stick.
https://villageearth.org/home/appropriate-technology-library/
Fun Fact:
Put it somewhere easy to reach for when the lights go out!#appropriate #technology #agroforestry #agriculture #water #energy #Ubuntu
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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 7th, 2025
#Mosa #fat #plant-based #cultivated #Alabama #shrews #Nipah #Hendra #Vortex #deformed #core #elongated #ECM #acellular #nanocomposite #alginate #agroforestry #farming #trees #shrubs
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SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 7th, 2025
#Mosa #fat #plant-based #cultivated #Alabama #shrews #Nipah #Hendra #Vortex #deformed #core #elongated #ECM #acellular #nanocomposite #alginate #agroforestry #farming #trees #shrubs
