AGROFORESTRY COURSE | Lesson 25, Module 5 - Module Final Considerations | Food Forest COURSE |

Our full Agroforestry Introduction Course will give you all the initial information you need in order to start developing your own agroforestry systems, and enjoy a higher production from your farm or garden, while improving your soil.

During the course, you will have access to 5 modules, where we will show you different Agroforestry systems, explain to you the basic principles behind it, show you some important techniques, and take you through the initial planting of a system. We will take you through all the steps, from preparing the soil, to covering the soil, to planting, AND we will keep you up-to-date on the development of the system planted during the course.

MODULE I – INTRODUCTION
• LESSON 1: Welcome (Meet the Agroforestry Academy crew)
• LESSON 2: Our goal with this course (What we want for you)
• LESSON 3: Why Agroforestry (What’s in it for you)

MODULE II – EXAMPLES OF SYSTEMS
• LESSON 4: Grass System (Food forests for grass production)
• LESSON 5:Vegetables Systems (Food forests for vegetables production)
• LESSON 6: Fruits Systems (Food forests for fruit production)
• LESSON 7: Coffee System (Food forests for coffee production)
• LESSON 8: Final Considerations (A few last words)

MODULE III – PRINCIPLES
• LESSON 9: Optimizing Resources and Energy (Getting the most from your resources)
• LESSON 10: Succession of species (Taking advantage of species with different life cycles)
• LESSON 11: Stratification (Working with a multi-layered system)
• LESSON 12: Planting in Abundance (Nature’s own strategy for genetic selection)
• LESSON 13: Adapting to a main crop (Designing and Managing your system to a specific crop)
• LESSON 14: Final considerations (A few last words)

MODULE IV - TECHNIQUES
• LESSON 15: Covering the soil (Put all that organic matter on the floor!)
• LESSON 16: Companion planting (When together, plants grow better)
• LESSON 17: Pruning (Keeping things nice and tidy)
• LESSON 18: Final Considerations

MODULE V - PRACTICE
• LESSON 19: Preparing the soil (Getting the beds of your seeds and seedlings nice and welcoming)
• LESSON 20: Trees row (Planting your Legacy)
• LESSON 21: System I – Roots (Cassava, taro and sweet potato)
• LESSON 22: System II – Vegetables (Carrots, cabbage, coriander, beets and much more)
• LESSON 23: System III – Coffee (Coffee plants in the under-story)
• LESSON 24: System IV – Grains and grass (Corn, beans and grass)
• LESSON 25: Final Considerations

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[jillnicholls]

I live in New Zealand where the fertilizer companies have a strong presence, however, more and more farmers are turning to regenerative and non chemical ways of production. At 78 years of age I am establishing a 1.5 ha food forest from farmland with some native forest on the margins. I am in the 6th year since I started the conversion and do not have access to machinery so am making small 'islands' of forest which I plan to join together as they thrive. I use mainly plants I have grown myself so it's a long process.
I found your videos about three months ago and have learned such a lot from them. I am sure my plantings are much healthier and growing better since I started planting groups or consortiums as you suggest. Also I find the idea of cutting down an unsuitable planting very refreshing, having always felt I had to 'make it work' even when it clearly was not working!
You have been a huge inspiration to me and i look forward to seeing more from you. Thank you.

[SerRegenera]

Love from Uruguay, thank you for all the inspiration and wisdom share. Pura Vida

[sergejpopov]

Love the philosophical aspect of Agroforestry.

[emilea]

Thanks so much for this course guys! It's been so inspiring, especially seeing the more mature system near the end of the video, very exciting! I feel like I really learned a lot, and am now going to try things out here in Northern Uganda...banana, cassava, papaya and some fast growing indigenous trees for biomass, as well as a seed cocktail of indigenous fruit trees since they're getting chopped down a lot without being replanted, plus some veg and grass rows. Looking forward to going through the course followup too, keep up the great work!!

[shanemillard]

This has been great. It's wonderful that you have given away this incredible resource

[idratherbedivin]

You guys are absolutely amazing. Finished the whole course and it was fantastic. You did a great job of explaining and demonstrating, which is so hard to find online and especially with everything in one spot. I am soon buying another property in Panama just for agroforestry and now I have a whole blueprint. Thank you so much.

[permadynamicsnewzealand]

Looks a lot like syntropic farming to me, good on you

[leonsteber]

Thank you once again guys, you’ve put together an amazing course, I’ve been sharing it with my permie/natural farmer friends. You guys have a beautiful attitude and I really wish you every success in your farming. When you guys do a world teaching tour please drop by the Philippines and the beers are on me.

[mariovizcaino]

Thank you very much for this complete course.
I found it comprehensive and the principles easy to understand.
Appreciated!

[rnbdanny]

Thanks a lot for this work that you're sharing. It's VERY much appreciated ❤️

[cornelstrydom]

Great course! Thank you for all the inspiration

[franciscochimote]

Thanks a lot for this complete course.
Congratulation...

[thisearththeonlyheaven]

Thanks once more for sharing guys. If ever you find time I would appreciate some suggestions on how to do this in a small backyard garden. I am trying out some ideas but not sure it is working. Possibly not keeping it simple enough to learn the process. Having fun playing tho’! Cheers

[ronendvir]

thank you for sharing your knowledge. can you elaborate about irrigation. you have mentioned that you have a long dry winter. I have in the mediterranean region a long hot summer. If you plant so much trees in close proximity, doesn't it mean that you will have to use a lot of water during the dry season? more trees=more roots=more water needed for each square meter. I have a drip system that has to work continuously through the summer. It take a lot of water (money) to do it. can you give examples for the amount of litres you apply through irrigation and the system you use?

[gacaumaina]

Can you say something about orientation to the sun? We are based at the equator.

[sergejpopov]

Let’s not get into war with bugs/weeds = Love thy enemy.

[HighBrixGardens]

Sir Albert Howard wrote An Agricultural Testament

[gtmunch]

How do you spell your farm’s name? Where are you located so I can track your progress on google earth?