Forest Farming with Botanicals: A Hands-On Workshop

Utilizing forests and woodlots to grow non-timber products can increase farm and forest enterprise diversification and build ecological resilience. Join us for one of these hands-on workshops exploring the nuances of successfully establishing production scale forest botanical polycultures. These workshops will cover the role forest farming can play within forest management plans, how to identify and evaluate sites for forest farming potential, and approaches for establishing perennial polycultures to meet existing markets. Together participants will identify, prepare, and plant a ¼ acre site with botanicals including ginseng and ramps. These workshops are a collaboration among University of Vermont, Smokey House Center, NOFA-VT, VT Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (TBC), Northeast Forest Farmers Coalition, and USDA Northeast Climate Hub.