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Tree fodder: food for thought?

Briefings
Does tree fodder have a role to play in today’s livestock farming in the UK?

Vital veg – agroforestry and veg production in NE Scotland

Video
Wendy Seel of Vital Veg in North East Scotland talks about her passion for trees and why she has planted shelter belts, hedges and agroforestry strips on her organic horticultural holding. It protects her young vegetable transplants form wind and helps, establishment and provides habitat for beneficial insects.The trees will also provide additional income in terms of rowan berries and elderflower/berries for processing. She explains the benefits and the downsides, in terms of extra management needed, plus the help she has received from the Woodland Trust.

Tree to Heat: Making the most of on-farm woody resources

Briefings
A workshop based around the journey from ‘Tree to Heat’ was held at Wakelyns Agroforestry in January 2017.

Trees and vegetable production – an integrated system

Video
An example of agroforestry from north-west England, featuring Alan Schofield - Growing with Nature

ORC 17 Silvoarable agroforestry

Video
Agricology video from 11th Organic Producers' Conference: Rising to the challenge

Developing agroforestry systems to suit your farm

Presentations
Presentation at 11th Organic Producers' Conference: Rising to the challenge

The economics of silvo-arable agroforestry

Presentations
Presentation at 11th Organic Producers' Conference: Rising to the challenge

The first AFNINET UK workshop – tree fodder

Video
Dr Jo Smith, Principal Agroecology Researcher at the Organic Research Centre, explains what happened at the AFINET tree fodder workshop (held on 10th May 2017).

Feeding trees to goats

Video
Vincent Delobel, Chèvrerie de la Croix de la Grise in Belgium feeds tree fodder to his goats

An introduction to AFINET (UK) project

Video
Dr. Jo Smith, Principal Agroecological Researcher at the Organic Research Centre, explains the background to the AFINET (UK) Project and how it seeks to contribute to agroforestry innovation in the UK.