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  • New U.S. agroforestry project will pay farmers to expand 'climate-smart' acres

    Sarah Derouin

    March 25, 2024 |

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    A multi-partner effort in the United States, led by The Nature Conservancy, is helping farmers adopt agroforestry practices by providing funding and training. This style of farming encourages the growing of a variety of plants to enhance biodiversity and capture more carbon dioxide.

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  • In Pennsylvania, agroforestry holds a key to cleaning up waterways and Chesapeake Bay

    Sarah Derouin

    May 27, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    The state of Pennsylvania set to plant 86,000 hectares of riparian buffers, the practice of planting trees and shrubs along a river or stream to filter water. Other benefits of riparian buffers include things like restoring the soil and cooling the water. In order to meet their goal, the state scientists used a bottom approach, enlisting the help of local farmers by offering them grants to plant trees and showing farmers how they can profit off of riparian buffers. While the state is behind its goal, the state is planting about 1,000 to 2,000 hectares a year.

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