AGROFORESTRY IN APPALACHIA Tonoloway Farm - A Case Study By The

During a workshop they attended in 2017, they toured a nearby maple syrup operation (see scenario on Laurel Fork Sapsuckers) and the rest is history! Starting with making maple syrup and then adding black walnut syrup and other agroforestry products, the farm has become successful in a short period of time. [...] The secret is to diversify your Once mature, the chestnut plantation will help conserve the soil on the products (crops) and services so that the farm has ridgetop while diversifying the products offered at Tonoloway. [...] Tending mushrooms in the summer University, the farm began experimenting with a supplements the work of maple syrup making in the winter months. [...] Much of the syrup is sold from the farm during the two weekends of the maple syrup festival in March every year. [...] Samples of their syrup are being studied in the food science lab at Virginia Tech to determine the make up of this substance, and ways to eliminate it from the syrup.