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Urban food forests

An urban farm with alley cropping surrounded by black tarps.
Urban and community agroforestry sites can serve as places for community members to connect with each other and the natural world. (USDA Forest Service photo by Katherine Favor) Imagine a garden where leaves rustle in the breeze, casting dappled shade over ripe strawberries. Grapevines climb tall fig trees while bright orange butterflies dance in…
#Agroforestry, #NationalAgroforestryCenter, #Silvopasture, #UrbanForestry, #Gardening

Tlingit Potatoes help sustain science, culture, community on Tongass National Forest

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ALASKA—Some things never change. The need for food and connection with each other and the land, and the need to teach the next generations how to maintain and sustain those connections—these things never change. And in the fourth year of the Sitka Ranger District/Sitka Tribe of Alaska Tlingit potato garden, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, this project did not change either. In…
#Planting, #Gardening, #Food