Check out ASD’s guide to funding sources for Forest Farming, Alley Cropping, and Silvopasture.

This is a recording of a live webinar that occurred Jan. 25, 2024. It included a presentation and discussion of three large grant programs available in the US Southeast: The Catalyzing Agroforestry Grant Program, Expanding Agroforestry Project, and ASSETS Grant Program. Representatives from each grant gave short presentations and then fielded questions about funding eligibility, processes, and requirements. They talked about the similarities and differences between the programs and shared how some of them can (or in some cases, explicitly cannot!) stack together with other funding programs to help individuals cover additional costs.

Click here for the Funding Comparison Table.

Accelerating Silvopasture Adoption and Carbon Sequestration This new grant program is available to farmers in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia to assist in the adoption of silvopasture. Qualified applicants will receive one on one design support, silvopasture technical assistance, up to $1,500/acre for practice adoption and earn up to $90/acre annually from carbon credit sales. Visit Working Trees for more information and to apply today.

The Catalyzing Agroforestry Grants Program is an initiative funded by the Edwards Mother Earth Foundation (EMEF) and managed by Virginia Tech University in partnership with ASD and Rural Action. The program will provide direct financial support to farmers who seek to implement agroforestry systems, including silvopasture and forest farming practices. ASD will also help producers design agroforestry systems with on-farm technical assistance.

The project will provide up to $1,500/acre for silvopasture implementation and up to $1,000/quarter acre for forest farming implementation, depending on project scale and scope. Producers who receive support, will share successes and lessons-learned onsite with their peers and other interested stakeholders in subsequent years.

Please click the button below for more information or to submit an application. Visit ABFFC or contact the Program Director, John Munsell.

The Nature Conservancy, and multiple partners including ASD, are launching a 5-year project to catalyze significant private investments into agroforestry, while increasing farmers’ incomes and delivering environmental benefits. Eligible farmers in 29 states, including all of Central Appalachia, will soon have an opportunity to apply for financial and technical assistance for agroforestry plantings. This new Expanding Agroforestry Production program is funded through the USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities initiative. To learn more and stay updated once the application is live, click the button below to sign up today!

This map is to showcase the diversity of Agroforestry practices in Appalachia. All of the locations are currently established agroforestry sites. Please be respectful of your fellow agroforesters and do not drop in unannounced without prior approval. Not all sites are open for public visitation, and those that are most often require an appointment for visits. If you see a site that you would like to visit, please visit the site’s webpage for visitation inquiries.

If you are an Appalachian Agroforester and would like your farm to be included on ASD’s Appalachian Agroforestry Demonstration map, you can fill out this form https://forms.gle/uD3wAA8oJiLE8ykA9 and provide the necessary information to add yourself to our map. (We will not ask for your name or exact address.)

Another type of Appalachian Agroforestry includes syrup production. You can view these maps to see all syrup producers in Virginia and West Virginia

Community Food Forests are also a type of urban agroforestry and you can view all community food forest sites in the country here