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| Title: |
Agroforestry |
| Resource type: |
Newsletter |
| Topics: |
Agriculture, Business, Communities, Individual Choices, Land Use, Transportation
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| Keywords: |
tree, windbreak, silvaculture, riparian, forest buffer, silvopasture, snow fence, shelterbelt |
| Audience: |
Business, Citizens, Government
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| Region: |
Minnesota Statewide, Outside Minnesota
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| Summary: |
Agroforestry incorporates trees and shrubs into agricultural systems to take advantage of new, profitable markets while improving land and the environment. |
| Content: |
Agroforestry Advantage is a free newsletter produced by the Center for Integrated Natural Resources (CINRAM) at the University of MN. The first issue, published in 1998, featured an article on living snow fences, which are effective in preventing snowdrifts, improving visibility, and reducing slush and ice.
A 10-foot tall living snow fence, for example, can trap 20-30 tons of snow per linear foot, saving $3 a ton for plowing and removal. That's roughly $100,000 along a quarter-mile of living snow fence.
To subscribe to Agroforestry Advantage contact CINRAM at 612/624-4299 or send e-mail to cinram@umn.edu Some past issues of Agroforestry Advantage are available online at http://www.cinram.umn.edu/newsletter/index.html
In January 2001 the University of MN Extension office wrote two useful publications, available by calling 800/876-8636:
(1) "Discovering Profits in Unlikely Places: Agroforestry Opportunities for Added Income" (20 pages; publication BU-07407 - $2.50).
(2) "Catching the Snow with Living Snow Fences" (140-page technical guidebook, includes a CD-ROM; publication MI-07311 - $65).
More information about these Extension publications can be found by visiting http://www.extension.umn.edu and searching for the publication titles.
Other resources:
* The USDA has a National Agroforestry Center at http://www.unl.edu/nac/
* The non-profit organization at www.agroforestry.net is based in Hawaii and produces Overstory, a free e-mail agroforestry journal for researchers, professionals, practitioners, extension agents, students, and enthusiasts. One issue is sent each month focusing on a concept related to designing, developing, and learning more about trees and agroforestry systems.
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| Suggested by: |
Philipp Muessig
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| Added: |
01/26/01 |
| Updated: |
10/27/09 |
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