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Shiitake Mushrooms: A Commercial Forest Farming Enterprise

January 21, 2016 Kate MacFarland, USDA National Agroforestry Center, U.S. Forest Service

Helping landowners care for their forests and strengthen local economies is an important goal of the U.S. Forest Service, USDA National Agroforestry Center and their partnering organizations. According to Ken Mudge of Cornell University, any farmer with a woodlot and the drive to diversify should...

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Using Agroforestry to Help Pollinators Help You

November 12, 2015 Kate MacFarland, USDA National Agroforestry Center

Today, farms in the U.S. are larger and have less nearby habitat to support bees than in the past, yet the need for pollinators in rural landscapes has never been greater. In light of concerns over pollinator declines, a Memorandum was released by President Obama on June 20, 2014, Creating a Federal...

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