Farmers turn to tree crops to diversify income sources, build resilient landscapes

Farmers turn to tree crops to diversify income sources, build resilient landscapes

As interest in agroforestry grows in Northern New York, funding sources decrease By Mike Lynch On a cool May morning, a few dozen Katahdin sheep rumbled through open gates into pasture lined by rows of pawpaw and hybrid chestnut trees as farmer Alex Caskey watched from the fencing’s edge.  Located on a small country road across from the Split Rock Wild Forest in Westport, Barred Owl Brook Farm practices silvopasture, a farming technique that int…