The intentional combination of agriculture and forestry to create an integrated, sustainable and productive land-use system for the benefit of both landowners and wildlife. Agroforestry can include alley cropping, forest farming, riparian forest buffers, silvopasture, and windbreaks.
Resources
Working Trees for Pollinators
Agroforestry
Working Tree for Pollinators (PDF) defines different agroforestry practices designed for pollinators, explains how they can meet pollinator habitat needs year-round, provides other additional benefits of agroforestry.
Learn how You can use Agroforestry to Help Pollinators
Inside Agroforestry
Are you a farmer, curious about how agroforestry could help your local pollinators? The Learn how You can use Agroforestry to Help Pollinators (PDF) resource from the USDA offers firsthand accounts from agricultural workers in the United States that have used agroforestry practices to support pollinators, such as silvopasture, forest buffers, and more.
Why Agroforestry
Inside Agroforestry
If you're interested in agroforestry, check out the Why Agroforestry (PDF) edition of the USDA's "Inside Agroforestry," with a firsthand account of windbreaks and organic farming practices and how they support pollinators.
Windbreaks
Inside Agroforestry
As you're becoming an expert on agroforestry, maybe you've taken particular interest in windbreaks. Check out the Windbreaks newsletter (PDF) from the USDA to become a windbreak expert, especially on how they can be designed with pollinators in mind.
Estimated Costs to Establish Hedgerows
Xerces Society
Interested in planting a hedgerow on your land to support local pollinators? Estimated Costs to Establish Hedgerows from the Xerces Society outlines costs of site preparation, installation, maintenance, and irrigation. Plus a breakdown of costs for large and small hedgerows to give insight into the financial expectations.