agroforestry

Hacienda Agro Bosque is a community-centered regenerative agriculture project and Black and Latinx owned farm in Ciales, Puerto Rico. Its mission is to restore 67 acres of degraded farmland into productive agroforests using regenerative and climate-smart practices, growing nutritious food, producing fine-flavored cacao, and creating sustainable livelihoods. The farm provides jobs directly to the community, builds capacity in eco/regenerative farming techniques, and uses a revenue sharing model.

climate-smart farmingregenerative agriculture

Appalachian Forest Restoration, LLC is a forestry consulting company based in Amherst, Virginia. It promotes biologically diverse forests and educates landowners about forest management, offering services including USDA NRCS CPA 106 forest management plans, cost share and grant assistance, climate smart forestry and nutrient and carbon markets, timber harvests, agroforestry systems such as silvopasture and forest farming, generational transfer of land, riparian restoration plans, and vegetation management and non-native vegetation control.

forest management planningnon-native vegetation controlriparian restorationtimber appraisalstimber harveststimber salesvegetation management

Breadtree Farms is an agroforestry farm operating on 800 acres in the Upper Hudson Valley (NY) and Southwest Vermont, stewarding 25,000+ food-producing trees and shrubs including chestnut, hickory, oak, seaberry, apple, pear, mulberry, and persimmon in orchards grazed by sheep and cattle. The farm uses certified-organic practices and produces chestnuts, chestnut flour, pastured lamb and beef, raw honey, and maple syrup.

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Common Ground Kauai is a hospitality company located on the North Shore of Kauai, Hawaii, rooted in place and committed to community, local food, and meaningful connections. Its 60-acre former guava plantation (Guava Kai Plantation) has been transformed into a regenerative agroforest. The company offers farm and food experiences, lei and dinner experiences, and hosts weddings, corporate events, and private dining at The Tī House.

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Freedom Farms is an agricultural project in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, developing farm production and land conservation in phases. Its goal is to build a commercially viable farm that produces food for Puerto Rico while caring for soil and water. Integrated systems combine pasture-raised poultry, fruit orchards, organic produce, and soil regeneration. The journey began in 2020 with a mission to address food security, ecological degradation, and economic opportunity.

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Hacienda Masini produces small-lot, single-origin Puerto Rican Specialty coffees, cultivated sustainably and processed responsibly. The farm, located above Yauco, scored 80+ points in Puerto Rico's Taza de Oro Coffee Quality Competition in 2021 and 2023, earning Specialty Coffee designation. Over 95% of the property is in conservation, and it serves as a center for coffee and ecological research, education, and fair production, led by its 5th, 6th, and 7th generations.

applied researchcoffee cultivationcoffee processingeducation and tourserosion controlsoil conservation