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Forest Farming Is Growing in Popularity

Forest Farming Is Growing in Popularity

By Jeanine Davis

Forest farming is gaining in popularity across the nation. There has been a small number of university researchers and extension personnel working with farmers and the industry on growing native woodland plants for decades. But it has only been quite recently that more people, including institutions, non-profits and consumers, have become interested in the practice of cultivating forest botanicals. Here is a new article by Daniel Watson published in Ambrook Research that describes the practice and highlights a western NC forest farmer and the Appalachian Beginning Forest Farmer Coalition that our program is so engaged in:

Source : ncsu.edu

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