Part of the Horn Farm Center's 2026 Winter Webinar Series

Lately, words like agroforestry and regenerative agriculture are commanding attention as increasingly popular alternatives to conventional farming. These practices offer pathways to address the most pressing issues of modern agriculture, including ecological degradation and climate change. But what does agroforestry look like in context? And what can it teach us about engaging with the land in ecologically responsible ways, whether or not we’re farming?

While less than 2% of US farms engage in agroforestry, according to self-reported data, the practice of incorporating trees and shrubs with other crops and livestock systems is actually very old. Older, in fact, that the annual agriculture we’re familiar with today.

In this session, we’ll uncover some of that ancient history and pay homage to the way past civilizations used agroforestry to sustain both local productivity and ecological wellbeing for generations. We’ll then dig into agroforestry in the present, covering different types, basic principles, and ecological underpinnings. We’ll share what the Horn Farm has been up to lately in creating scalable agroforestry systems, like forest gardens and riparian buffers, for community education.

This webinar will be held on Tuesday, January 13 from 6-7:30 p.m. Register online https://hornfarmcenter.org/civimessages/event/info/?reset=1&id=1283 to receive the link to the webinar.