[PCA] Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Highlights First-Ever Report on USDA Efforts to Expand Agroforestry Practices on Farms, Ranches and Woodlands

De Angelis, Patricia patricia_deangelis at fws.gov
Wed Oct 30 13:46:41 CDT 2013


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  Secretary Vilsack Highlights First-Ever Report on USDA Efforts to Expand
Agroforestry Practices on Farms, Ranches and Woodlands

WASHINGTON, October 28, 2013 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today
released the first-ever report on USDA's role advancing agroforestry.
Agroforestry:
USDA Reports to
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how agroforestry practices are helping farmers, ranchers and
woodland owners enhance agricultural productivity, protect the environment
and increase profits.

"USDA has invested less than one percent of its budget into tree-based
practices. Yet that small investment allows us to help create private goods
and public services that reap great rewards, including reduced greenhouse
gas emissions and more resilient agricultural lands," Vilsack said.
"However, much work remains to promote and sustain agroforestry practices,
which have great potential to promote economic growth and job creation in
rural communities."

Agroforestry is a management approach that intentionally combines
agriculture and forestry to create more sustainable land-use systems. Over
the last five years, USDA has assisted landowners financially and with
technical guidance to establish roughly 336,000 acres of windbreaks,
riparian forest buffers and alley cropping; about 2,000 acres of
silvopasture; and about 500 acres of forest farming. Those acres represent
less than 1 percent of the potentially suitable land for applying those
practices, suggesting there is an opportunity to significantly expand the
application of agroforestry in the United States.

"Agroforestry provides benefits beyond rural areas," Vilsack said. "In
suburban areas, agroforestry practices can improve wildlife habitat,
mitigate the movement of odors and dust, serve as noise barriers and act as
filters that help keep water clean."

*Agroforestry: USDA Reports to America* is a cross-Departmental effort from
eight agencies serving on the Agroforestry Executive Steering
Committee: Agricultural
Marketing Service<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDI4LjI0NTgxMjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAyOC4yNDU4MTIwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODQwMTUxJmVtYWlsaWQ9cGhkZWFuZ2VsaXNAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1waGRlYW5nZWxpc0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&102&&&http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/>;
Agricultural Research
Service<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDI4LjI0NTgxMjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAyOC4yNDU4MTIwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODQwMTUxJmVtYWlsaWQ9cGhkZWFuZ2VsaXNAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1waGRlYW5nZWxpc0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&103&&&http://www.ars.usda.gov/>;
Farm Service Agency<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDI4LjI0NTgxMjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAyOC4yNDU4MTIwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODQwMTUxJmVtYWlsaWQ9cGhkZWFuZ2VsaXNAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1waGRlYW5nZWxpc0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&104&&&http://www.fsa.usda.gov/>;
National Agricultural Statistics
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National Institute of Food and
Agriculture<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDI4LjI0NTgxMjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAyOC4yNDU4MTIwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODQwMTUxJmVtYWlsaWQ9cGhkZWFuZ2VsaXNAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1waGRlYW5nZWxpc0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&106&&&http://www.nifa.usda.gov/>;
Natural Resources Conservation
Service<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDI4LjI0NTgxMjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAyOC4yNDU4MTIwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODQwMTUxJmVtYWlsaWQ9cGhkZWFuZ2VsaXNAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1waGRlYW5nZWxpc0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&107&&&http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/>;
Rural Development<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDI4LjI0NTgxMjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAyOC4yNDU4MTIwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODQwMTUxJmVtYWlsaWQ9cGhkZWFuZ2VsaXNAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1waGRlYW5nZWxpc0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&108&&&http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=missionarea_RD.xml>;
and U.S. Forest
Service<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDI4LjI0NTgxMjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAyOC4yNDU4MTIwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODQwMTUxJmVtYWlsaWQ9cGhkZWFuZ2VsaXNAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1waGRlYW5nZWxpc0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&109&&&http://www.fs.fed.us/>.
These agencies work closely with the USDA National Agroforestry
Center<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDI4LjI0NTgxMjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAyOC4yNDU4MTIwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODQwMTUxJmVtYWlsaWQ9cGhkZWFuZ2VsaXNAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1waGRlYW5nZWxpc0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&110&&&http://www.unl.edu/nac>to
advance the science, practice and application of agroforestry, and
guide
implementation of the USDA Agroforestry Strategic
Framework<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDI4LjI0NTgxMjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAyOC4yNDU4MTIwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODQwMTUxJmVtYWlsaWQ9cGhkZWFuZ2VsaXNAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1waGRlYW5nZWxpc0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&111&&&http://www.usda.gov/documents/AFStratFrame_FINAL-lr_6-3-11.pdf>.
A longer version of the report will be posted by USDA soon.

With the release of this report on agroforestry, USDA wants to start a
national conversation about agroforestry with producers, landowners,
communities and young people - America's future farmers.

"Our goal is and always has been to help landowners understand that trees -
and other permanent vegetation - planted in the right place for the right
reason, will add value to their lands," said Wayne Honeycutt, USDA Natural
Resources Conservation Service Deputy Chief for Science and Technology, who
chairs USDA's Agroforestry Executive Steering Committee. "Through the
report, we are able to show landowner successes. In some cases, family
farms have been saved and woodlands spared from development. We hope by
showing these stories, more landowners will see the potential for their
operations."

To access the report, visit
www.usda.gov/agroforestry<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTMxMDI4LjI0NTgxMjAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDEzMTAyOC4yNDU4MTIwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3ODQwMTUxJmVtYWlsaWQ9cGhkZWFuZ2VsaXNAZ21haWwuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1waGRlYW5nZWxpc0BnbWFpbC5jb20mZmw9JmV4dHJhPU11bHRpdmFyaWF0ZUlkPSYmJg==&&&112&&&http://www.usda.gov/agroforestry>.
Send comments and questions about the report and USDA's role in
agroforestry to agroforestry at USDA.gov.

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