For those who love galavanting through the woods, few things are more satisfying than stumbling on free forest snacks: blackberries, hazelnuts, wild onions, or—if you’ve really hit the jackpot—a ...

Agroforestry can be described as a combination of agriculture and forestry. It is designed to maximize yield from the land, especially in areas with limited space. Forest farming, one of the six ...

May 4—CEDAR — Patti Travioli has operated Heartwood Forest Farm in Leelanau County for about 10 years. Travioli received a horticulture degree from Michigan State University and ran an organic farm in ...

Ramping up the forest natives: The WNC Forest Products initiative includes such projects as revitalizing traditional Cherokee forest foods, like ramps and sochan. photo by Caroline Edwards In Western ...

INTO THE WOODS: Volunteers are developing a new demonstration forest farm at the Madison County Public Library to increase awareness and knowledge of forest farming techniques. Photo courtesy of ...

Trees' role in agriculture tend to be viewed as limited to the lumber industry or highly organized orchards to grow fruits, but some farmers are looking to the forest floor to get more people into ...

One tree at a time, draft horses named “Bliss” and “Roy” haul ash logs to the ridge for sawing at Banks Mountain Forest Farm, up in the higher elevations of Edneyville. The process is part of a ...

Kate Paul bloomed where she was planted. She grew up in Forbes, just a mile down the road from where she and husband Ron now plant flower fields. “This land has been in my family for over 130 years,” ...