Presentations

Agroforestry Academy Welcome

• Shibu Jose (Director, UMCA)
• Andy Mason (Director, NAC)

Overview of the training program

• Shibu Jose (MU/UMCA)
• Michael Gold (MU/UMCA): presentation

Planning and design for agroforestry and introduction to the case study

• Michael Gold: presentation

Silvopasture (cattle/goats)

• Dusty Walter (MU): presentation
• Mark Kennedy (NRCS): presentation

Alley cropping / Tree and crop interactions

• Shibu Jose (UMCA): presentation

Riparian and upland forest buffers

• Richard Schultz (ISU): presentation

Agroforestry and biomass production

• Shibu Jose (UMCA): presentation

Forest Farming Practitioner

• Nicola McPherson (Ozark Forest Mushrooms, MO) Forest farming:

Forest Farming

• John Munsell (Va Tech):

Agroforestry policy and the view from Washington, D.C.

• Andy Mason (NAC - D.C.): presentation

Windbreaks

• Richard Straight (NAC - NE): presentation

Ecosystem services, biodiversity and wildlife benefits of agroforestry

• Dusty Walter (UMCA): presentation
• Shibu Jose (UMCA): presentation

Incentives, taxes and finance/economics (cost benefit analysis, Financial Decision Support Tools), Case Study Analyses

• Larry Godsey (Missouri Valley College and UMCA): presentation

Practice using financial decision support tools in computer lab

• Larry Godsey (Missouri Valley College/UMCA) and participants

Marketing for agroforestry

• Michael Gold(UMCA)& Ina Cernusca (UMCA): presentation

Green Lands Blue Waters, Cover Crops and Agroforestry

• Jeri Neal (Leopold Center and GLBW): Leopold Center presentation and Green Lands Blue Waters presentation

How to design and deliver an effective agroforestry extension/outreach program

• Diomy Zamora (Univ of MN):

Agroforestry Adoption

• David Shelton (NE) - FarmLink: presentation

Revisit planning and "hands-on case study"- break into groups to prep for case study design exercise

• Michael Gold (UMCA) and participants

Site visit to Shepherd Farm

Shepherd Farm Tour, dinner

Visit to Eridu Farms

• Terry Durham, Hartsburg, MO

Visit Busby Farm - Lincoln University

• Charlotte Clifford Rathert (Lincoln U)
• Mark Kennedy (NRCS)
• Dusty Walter (MU)

Visit to Ozark Forest Mushrooms

• Nicola McPherson, David Enloe, Timber, MO

Tour - MU Wurdack Farm (hardwood silvopasture)

Field visit to “Hands-on case study“ farm in preparation for groups to design agroforestry practices tailored to this farm

• Fred Martz, Landowner
• Q&A with landowner

Presentation by agroforestry practitioner

• Terry Durham, Eridu Farms: presentation

Visit to MU Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center (HARC Farm) - New Franklin, MO

Presentation: Becoming a Forestry/Agroforestry Forestry Technical Service Provider (TSP)

• Bruce Wight

Final discussion - Where do we go from here - Next steps - Commitment to "Spin-off" trainings and Support from UMCA/MAAWG

• Michael Gold (UMCA)

Educational opportunities - Online MS and Graduate Certificate in Agroforestry

• Michael Gold (UMCA)