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Northeast Region Builds Capacity with Pilot Project
By NACD Northeast Region Representative and Policy Specialist Eric Hansen In April 2018, representatives from across the conservation partnership in the Northeast met in Tarrytown, N.Y., to examine their current activities and assets. Participants shared their best practices and discussed their visions for the future. By the end of this meeting, eight action plans had… [...]
Continue ReadingForest Farming in Leake County, Mississippi: Mushrooms Appeal to Rural and Urban Growers
By NACD Southeast Region Representative Candice Abinanti There are over 500 million acres of timber land – land managed for timber harvest – in the United States. Forty percent of that land, according to the U.S. Forest Service, is in the South, earning it the moniker the nation’s “woodbasket.” Agroforestry, or growing trees with crops… [...]
Continue Reading2018 Farm Bill Listening Session Written Testimony
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