Alley Cropping: Planting Trees for Economic & Ecological Diversity
Alley cropping is an agroforestry technique that incorporates trees between rows of crops to increase both biological and economic diversity. We’re working with local farms that will serve as demonstration sites for the benefits of alley cropping.
Learn about two farms pioneering this agroforestry practice in the Keystone State.
Nina Berryman, Weavers Way Coop, Henry Got Crops Farm
Anton Shannon & Lisa Miskelly, Good Work Farm
Peter Hoagland, USDA NRCS
Ashley Lenig, USDA NRCS
Meghan Giroux, Interlace Commons
Sara Nicholas, Pasa Policy Strategist
Aaron de Long, Pasa Delaware Valley Hub Manager
Recorded December 1, 2021