1. Non-Timber Forest Products How to make every acre count from the forest floor and beyond

2. Presentation Contents My Background Non-timber Forest Products NTFPs in the Landscape System Design Action Research Dialogue

3. My Background Agroforestry, permaculture, and non-timber forest products

4. Non-timber Forest Products Making every acre count

5. Non-timber Forest Prodcuts (NTFPs) Any biological product other than timber that can be harvested from a forest or tree.

6. Types NTFPs Edibles Medicinals Forages/Fodder Decoratives Crafts Specialty wood products

10. Agroforestry Integrating NTFPs in the Landscape

11. Agroforestry A land management system where trees and shrubs are integrated into production for more diverse, productive, profitable, healthy, and sustainable land-use systems

12. Agroforestry Benefits Diversification of farm products Over yielding Land regeneration and soil protection Improved water quality and quantity Wildlife habitat Carbon Sequestration Moderate effects of extreme weather on crops and livestock

13. NTFPs inEqualsAgroforestry Practice Existing Forest=Forest Farming Planted Forest=Forest Gardening Pasture=Silvopasture Crop system=Alley Cropping Creek side areas=Riparian Buffers Wind protection strips=Windbreaks

14. Agroforestry Forest Farming

15. Photo credit: Forest Farming eXtension

16. Agroforestry Forest Gardening

17. Agroforestry Silvopasture Photo credit: Mark Shepard of Restoration Agriculture

19. Agroforestry Riparian Buffers

20. Agroforestry Alley Cropping

21. Agroforestry Windbreaks

22. Permaculture Designing agroforestry systems that mimic nature

23. Permaculture (permanent agriculture) Designing productive systems that mimic nature Observe our biome and work with nature A set of tenants that guide decisions Earth Care People Care Fair Share Greater resilience, sustainability, and abundance Photo credit: Mark Shepard of Restoration Agriculture

24. Layers of the Forest

25. How do we get there? NTFPs production, harvesting, marketing, selling. Understand our land Understand the existing economic system Design productive systems Learn what works in our region Work together Make a profit

26. Community-based Participatory Action Research How we make things happen

27. Action Research Beliefs All people accumulate, organize, and use complex knowledge continuously everyday Only knowledge generated and tested through action is credible Diverse opinions are valued and generate creativity Local knowledge and perspectives of participants are combined with the researchers facilitation of the process, and knowledge of the subject to address complex issues.

28. Action Research Process NTFPs production, harvesting, marketing, selling. Collectively define the interest Cogenerate knowledge Collaboratively develop a plan of action Make things happen Evaluate results

29. An open invitation If you are interested in this project, please fill out a survey so we can include you and your thoughts to shape the direction we take.

30. Resources Forest Farming eXtension http://www.extension.org/forest_farminghttp://www.extension.org/forest_farming youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/exforestfarminghttp://www.youtube.com/user/exforestfarming Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FarmingForestshttps://www.facebook.com/FarmingForests Pinterst http://www.pinterest.com/forestfarming/http://www.pinterest.com/forestfarming/ Twitter https://twitter.com/ForestFarminghttps://twitter.com/ForestFarming National Agroforestry Center http://nac.unl.edu/forestfarming.htmhttp://nac.unl.edu/forestfarming.htm Silvopasture National Agroforestry Center http://nac.unl.edu/silvopasture.htmhttp://nac.unl.edu/silvopasture.htm Savana Gardens Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Savanna-Gardens/290210664411298https://www.facebook.com/pages/Savanna-Gardens/290210664411298 Restoration Agriculture http://www.forestag.com/book.htmlhttp://www.forestag.com/book.html Forest Gardening Edible Forest Gardens http://www.edibleforestgardens.com/http://www.edibleforestgardens.com/ Windbreaks National Agroforestry Center http://nac.unl.edu/windbreaks.htmhttp://nac.unl.edu/windbreaks.htm Riparian Buffers National Agroforestry Center http://nac.unl.edu/riparianforestbuffers.htmhttp://nac.unl.edu/riparianforestbuffers.htm Trozzo Extension Pubs http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/author/t/torozzo-katie-res.htmlhttp://pubs.ext.vt.edu/author/t/torozzo-katie-res.html

31. Dialogue What do you all think? What products do you think have the most potential? Or what do you think could be grown in this region? What are the assets that may help get this started?

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