"Because a great deal of land has been changed to produce food, agroforestry, the practice of deliberately introducing trees into farms, is an important way to restore degraded land. These trees, outside of forests, have tremendous commercial and ecological value... Because of this, agroforestry is increasingly  as a key practice, supporting nine out of the 17 sustainable development goals – the global action to end poverty and protect the planet."

We agree! This excerpt has been taken from https://theconversation.com/why-massive-effort-needs-to-be-put-into-growing-trees-on-farms-106729 and is well worth a read. Anyone wishing to explore Agroforestry in our own region is invited to contact us here at Southern New England Landcare, where we have an Agroforestry Peer Mentoring Program to help local landholders to get started.