non-timber forest products how to make every acre count from the forest floor and beyond
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PresentationContents
• My Background
• Non-timber Forest Products
• NTFPs in the Landscape
• System Design
• Action Research
• Dialogue
Non-timber Forest Prodcuts (NTFPs)
Any biological product other than timber that can be harvested from a forest or tree.
Agroforestry
A land management system where trees and shrubs are integrated into production for more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy, and sustainable land-use systems
AgroforestryBenefits
• Diversification of farm products
• Over yielding
• Land regeneration and soil protection
• Improved water quality and quantity
• Wildlife habitat
• Carbon Sequestration
• Moderate effects of extreme weather on crops and livestock
NTFPs in Equals Agroforestry Practice
Existing Forest = Forest Farming
Planted Forest = Forest Gardening
Pasture = Silvopasture
Crop system = Alley Cropping
Creek side areas = Riparian Buffers
Wind protection strips = Windbreaks
Permaculture (permanent agriculture)• Designing productive systems that
mimic nature• Observe our biome and work with
nature
• A set of tenants that guide decisions• Earth Care• People Care• Fair Share
• Greater resilience, sustainability, and abundance
Photo credit: Mark Shepard of Restoration Agriculture
How do we get there?NTFPs production, harvesting, marketing, selling.
• Understand our land
• Understand the existing economic system
• Design productive systems
• Learn what works in our region
• Work together
• Make a profit
Action Research Beliefs• All people accumulate, organize, and use complex
knowledge continuously everyday
• Only knowledge generated and tested through action is credible
• Diverse opinions are valued and generate creativity
• Local knowledge and perspectives of participants are combined with the researchers facilitation of the process, and knowledge of the subject to address complex issues.
Action Research ProcessNTFPs production, harvesting, marketing, selling.
• Collectively define the interest
• Cogenerate knowledge
• Collaboratively develop a plan of action
• Make things happen
• Evaluate results
An open invitationIf you are interested in this project, please fill out a survey so we can include you and your thoughts to shape the direction we take.
Resources• Forest Farming
• eXtension http://www.extension.org/forest_farming• youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/exforestfarming• Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FarmingForests• Pinterst http://www.pinterest.com/forestfarming/• Twitter https://twitter.com/ForestFarming• National Agroforestry Center http://nac.unl.edu/forestfarming.htm
• Silvopasture• National Agroforestry Center http://nac.unl.edu/silvopasture.htm• Savana Gardens Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Savanna-Gardens/290210664411298• Restoration Agriculture http://www.forestag.com/book.html
• Forest Gardening• Edible Forest Gardens http://www.edibleforestgardens.com/
• Windbreaks• National Agroforestry Center http://nac.unl.edu/windbreaks.htm
• Riparian Buffers• National Agroforestry Center http://nac.unl.edu/riparianforestbuffers.htm• Trozzo Extension Pubs http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/author/t/torozzo-katie-res.html
DialogueWhat do you all think?
• What products do you think have the most potential? Or what do you think could be grown in this region?
• What are the assets that may help get this started?
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