Agroforestry on your farm
Below are practical resources, articles and short documentary films you’ll find helpful when thinking about implementing agroforestry systems on your farm.
Agroforestry is a practice of farming that combines trees and livestock or crops together. This may be in the form of hedgerows, tree clumps or strips, trees planted round the edges of fields, or even bringing livestock into existing woodland.
Agroforestry resources
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Film: Agroforestry in the Uplands
Through the eyes of three farmers, in Devon, Brecon and Perthshire, this short documentary explores the benefits of agroforestry on upland farms.
Trees and hedgerows provide shade and shelter for livestock, but they also improve soil health, capture carbon and encourage wildlife and biodiversity.
Agroforestry systems also makes financial sense for farm businesses.
Film: Agroforestry in the UK
Find out how we’re working with farmers to achieve our goal of over half of UK farms having agroforestry systems in place by 2030 in this agroforestry documentary video.
Combining trees with crops or livestock is more productive, better for wildlife and healthier for the planet, but only 3% of the UK’s farmland currently practices agroforestry.
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