AGROFORESTRYAT THE 1890 LAND

GRANT UNIVERSITIES

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• Agroforestry systems provide cost-effective ways to diversify farm and ranch production to increase income, while simultaneously providing key ecosystem services that reduce water pollution, improve air quality, and prevent soil erosion.

• Agroforestry plantings sequester carbon as they grow and when tallied across our nation’s vast agricultural landscape they can significantly help to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

• Agroforestry can help connect rural and urban efforts to maintain green infrastructure in our increasingly fragmented landscapes and, thereby, provide critical wildlife habitat and integrate the management of rural and urban stormwater runoff in a watershed.

Why Agroforestry?National Agroforestry Center

Working Trees

1890 Land Grant Institutions

•Have targeted their Research and Extension programs quite well to reach non-traditional audiences.

•Have targeted the hard-to reach, non-traditional, limited-resource farmers, woodland owners and families.

1890 Land Grand Universities

• Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical

• Alcorn State University• University Arkansas in Pine Buff• Florida Agricultural and Mechanical

University• Fort Valley State University

(Georgia)• South Carolina State University• Tennessee State University• Virginia State University• West Virginia State University

1890 Land Grand Universities (cont..)

• Lincoln University (Missouri)• Langston University (Oklahoma)• Delaware State University • North Carolina Agriculture and

Technical Univ. • Tuskegee University• Prairie View A&M University

(Texas)• Southern University (Louisiana)• Kentucky State University• University of Maryland Eastern

Shore

Leadership Steering Committee

Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd Dr. Kome Onokpise Dr. Rory Fraser Dr. Fulbert NamwambaDr. Joshua Idassi Dr. Rao Mentreddy

Dr. George Brown Dr. Greg Ruark*Dr. Jill Auburn* Dr. Catalino Blanche*Dr. Dyremple Marsh Mr. Bruce Wight*Mr. Richard Straight*

Partners and collaborators (State and Federal)

* USDA - CSREES & NRCS

Leadership Steering Committee

Gwen

Fulbert

GregJill

History

• At the 1st World Congress of Agroforestry

- June 27 to July 2, 2004 at Orlando, FL

- Pre-conference Planning Meeting

• National Agroforestry Center Director

- Locating to the campus of AL A&M- To build an agroforestry momentum in SE- Continue expand efforts among the 1890 LGUs and 1890 Agroforestry Consortium

Specific Deliverables

• Successful development of the following:1. Vision and Mission Statements2. Marketing Plan3. Communication Plan4. By-Laws5. Calendar of events and a Legacy

Corner6. Website for the Consortium

currently at:http://leftthoughtcreations.com/

1890afc/1890afc_home.htm

• To build a team of 1890 Land Grant Professionals that will provide leadership in agroforestry research, education and extension throughout the 1890 land Grant System

• To assist a growing number of limited resource and underserved landowners in the South and elsewhere who are seeking a wider choice of sustainable, economically feasible land management alternatives

Vision and Mission

COMMUNICATIONS PLAN

OBJECTIVES

1. To develop, produce, package and disseminate information materials related to the activities

of the 1890 Agroforestry Consortium

2. Maintain an effective internal communications mechanism

3. Market the vision and mission of the consortium

4. Strengthen and expand the communication plan of the consortium through strategic alliances with partners

Sample of Deliverables

ARTICLE I. NAME, OFFICES AND OBJECTIVES

• Section 1. NAME--The name of this organization shall be the 1890 Agroforestry Consortium, hereinafter referred to as the “Consortium”.

• Section 2. OFFICES–The Consortium shall at all times maintain a registered office in the State of Alabama and a registered agent at that address but may have other offices located within or without the State of Alabama as the Executive Committee may determine.

• Section 3. PURPOSE-- The Consortium is formed to develop and advance agroforestry research, teaching and extension activities among the 1890 Land-grant universities and Tuskegee University using multi-disciplinary teams of faculty, staff and students working in partnership with government agencies and other entities.

• Section 4. STATUS—The Consortium intends to become a Non-Profit Corporation as specified in U.S. Code Title 26, Subtitle A , Chapter 1, Subchapter F, Part 1, Section 501, Subsection (c)(3).

ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP AND STATUS

• Section 1. MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY-- Membership shall be open to all persons and organizations that share a commitment to the development and enhancement of agroforestry activities among the 1890 Land-grant universities and Tuskegee University, and who can bring valuable resources to the Consortium in support of its Purpose, Goals and Objectives hereinafter referred to as the PGOs.

• Section 2. BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE CONSORTIUM-- An individual or group may become a member of the Consortium by:1. Being nominated and endorsed by a current member of the Consortium at a regularly scheduled business meeting and by completing a membership application certifying that the applicant would support the PGOs of the Consortium; 2. Agreeing to provide a minimum annual membership contribution (dues) in an amount determined by the Consortium’s Advisory Board;3. And, if joining after the first year of incorporation, by agreeing to pay an additional one-time joining fee in an amount determined by the Consortium‘s Advisory Board;

• Section 3. STATUS-- All members shall be considered in good standing as long as they remain committed to the PGOs of the Consortium and maintain their annual membership contribution. Any member may discontinue Consortium membership by so advising the Consortium Executive Committee in writing. No portion of an annual membership contribution made by a departing member will be refunded.

Consortium By-Laws

Alabama A&M • Silvopasture applied research at Apes, AL• Agroforestry curriculum for

Undergraduate and Graduate • Landownership workshops for

underserved and limited resources audience in the South

• Five successful Agroforestry Consortium Workshops using the major Agroforestry Practices curricula from USDA-NAC and NRCS in Huntsville, AL

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Activities

• Silvopasture applied research at Quincy, FL

• Agroforestry curriculum for Undergraduate

• Various collaborative outreach initiatives with USDA-NRCS

• Diverse groups in most workshops

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Florida A&M

Southern University• Green Infrastructure

applied research• Agroforestry

curriculum for Graduate students

• GIS workshops for different audiences involved in Green Infrastructure and Storm Water Control Initiatives

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Tennessee State University• Applied research in Agroforestry • Demonstration plots in Eastern Black

Walnuts• Assessing the growing potentials of various

Christmas tree species in Tennessee• On farm demonstration in Forest farming

Shiitake mushroom and golden seal production

• Various in-service workshops targeting County Extension agents and Area Foresters

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Small Ruminants Applied Research and Outreach Programs

• Langston University, OK• Kentucky State University• Florida A&M• Tennessee State University• Tuskegee University• Alabama A&M and etc.

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Activities

Apes, AL - Goats

Goat/Tree Project

• Provide underserved and small forestland owners with an opportunity to diversify their on-farm income.

• Provide small forestland owners with a regular short-term type of income.

• Determine if silvopasturing goats in forested areas constitute a viable land management alternative for small landowners.

Goat/Tree Project

• Provide technical assistance through seminars, workshops, trainings, and demonstration.

• Provide financial assistance for starting a silvopasture business.

• Provide marketing assistance through our cooperative development program.

Site Preparation

Silvopasture Fencing Training

Silvopasture Demonstrations

Silvopasture Trainings & Demonstrations

Success Stories

Timbertop Farm Ashland City, TN• SARE Grant FSO6 – 200 recipient

of $10,000.00• Examined the problem of fungi

infection to shiitake mushroom logs in their indoor facility

• Inoculated logs shiitake mushroom logs were infected by a fungus: Trichoderma (very destructive)

Successful StoriesTrichoderma

• Trichoderma first appeared on the sealing wax of the drilled inoculated holes

• A green looking mold, form a white ring, rot in the drilled holes, bark begin to crack or fall off, thus destroying the shiitake mycelium. • The destroyed bark would make way for other fungi to infect and feed on the log. The end result is a log that does not produce or is short lived in producing the shiitake mushroom.

• Must identify the infection, study the life parameters

• Separate the non-infected logs and make adjustments

• Infection problem appear within the first six months of inoculation

• Failure to do so will result in loss of the shiitake log

• Timbertop Farm logs showing signs of infections within the first three months after inoculation

Timbertop Farm Tips

Calendar of Events(Workshops and

Conferences)

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