AGROFORESTRY IN APPALACHIA - Silver Run Forest Farm - A Case Study By The

(Illustration by Carly Thaw for LiKEN) In 2019 they secured two acres in Keezletown to serve as headquarters and research center for a dispersed In terms of training, Jonathan and Cornelius nursery anchored in the backyards of friends throughout emphasize ongoing mentoring by the species and the Shenandoah Valley. [...] (Photo by Cornelius Deppe) production and ecological stewardship, Jonathan and CULTURAL VALUES AND MEANING Cornelius elevate notions of the gift economy and the Inspired by farmer-to-farmer movements in commons. [...] the Global South, Jonathan and Cornelius bring In their approach to regenerative and restorative indigenous theories and philosophies of land and agriculture, spirit and matter are mutually animated, resource stewardship to agroforestry. [...] So some of the seeds, the hazelnuts, chestnuts, acorns, like we’re processing those for free, but also propagating to the nursery so it’s, it’s all stretched out over the year – like aronia or apples we’ll press and then we’ll take that mash and rake it into a nursery bed and cover it with soil and that’ll grow the crop for next year’s nursery.” LAND TENURE AND HISTORY OF/ON THE SITE Life cycles o. [...] The nursery and the sale and shipment of bare root plants in fall and spring Jonathan said, “People will write and say, ‘I haven’t is the tip of the iceberg in terms of what they are been able to find Cornelian Cherry for my grandfather developing.