"NC State Extension Program Teaches Integration between Agriculture and Forestry"

Forest farming and agroforestry are in the NC State Extension news with this article from Simon Gonzalez. Read about farming with the forest - not against it, how agroforestry can intersect with many types of agriculture, sites, and needs, and a recent Agroforestry Farm Tour near Durham, NC.

These agroforestry farm tours are a collaboration with the Agroforestry Regional Knowledge Exchange Network (ARKx) & Catalyzing Agroforestry Grant Program (CAGP), NC State Extension and farmers around Western and Central North Carolina. Learn more about future Agroforestry Farm Tours and other in person and online events by visiting the CatalyzingAgroforestry.org website or the AFFC's Community Forest Farming Calendar.

Read the article here: https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/2025/07/nc-state-extension-agroforestry/

NC State Extension specialists Margaret Bloomquist (center) and Mary Bulan (right) explain the benefits of forest farming on an agroforestry farm tour in Durham.