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Intro to Alley Cropping for Small Farms in Kentucky and Appalachia

This video introduces the agroforestry practice of Alley Cropping and is for farmers and land stewards in Kentucky and other Appalachian states. It covers a basic description of alley cropping as a practice within agroforestry and explores some models of alley cropping on working and demonstration farms. A big thanks to our partners on this project: Kentucky State University and the USDA's National Institute for Food and Agriculture for the funding that made this video possible, our partners at Appalachian Sustainable Development for developing the content, and to Peacemeal Farm and the Savanah Institute for sharing about your work. 00:00:00 Introduction and “Where we’re headed” 00:01:07 What is Agroforestry? 00:01:27 USDA definition of Agroforestry 00:01:39 The 5 Federally-recognized Agroforestry practices 00:02:18 Defining Alley Cropping - USDA definition and functions 00:03:02 Benefits of alley cropping 00:03:42 Part 1: Designing a new site - Introduction to Peacemeal Farm with Betsy Trice 00:04:24 Alley cropping as a tool for diversification at Peacemeal 00:05:19 Design goals, species selection and project overview at Peacemeal 00:06:14 Financial Discussion: American Farmland Trust Grant and budget calculations 00:06:51 Design considerations 00:07:16 Walk-through of the site prep, cover cropping and layout 00:09:26 Value-adding, you-pick and plant propagation 00:11:23 Wrap-up at Peacemeal, the resilience of perennials 00:12:09 Part 2: Young alley cropping site. Introduction to the Appalachian Sustainable Development alley cropping project 00:12:51 Woody cut flower production 00:13:20 Spatial layout of the site - spacing, crop access, and mowing paths 00:14:32 Alley cropping over time - slow transitions and cover cropping for soil building 00:15:16 Irrigation layout of the alley cropping project, irrigation management 00:17:12 Management issues - deer pressure 00:18:12 Planning for low maintenance needs and site success 00:18:59 Willow coppice block in the alley cropping system 00:19:51 Part 3: Alley Cropping at many scales: Introduction to Savanna Institute’s Alley Cropping with Kaitie Adams 00:20:27 Kaitie introduces herself and her work 00:21:13 What are the “Low Hanging Fruits” alley cropping opportunities? Conservation benefits 00:23:39 Savanna Institute alley cropping examples: Large-scale, conventional corn and soy with native trees 00:26:04 Transition planning for the long-term, winter wheat and eventual silvopasture 00:27:05 Troubleshooting increasingly complex systems. How simplification and practicality can help 00:31:21 Managing edges and the importance of including buffer zones 00:34:13 Small scale alley cropping at EarthDance Organic Farm School 00:34:45 Farm layout and context, berm and swale, no-till veg system and microclimates 00:36:30 Management over time, changing labor needs in a maturing system 00:41:29 Sola Gratia Farm vegetable farm using alley cropping to create discrete fields and provide early yields during farm expansion 00:40:58 Wrap-Up