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Beyond Organic WineForest Farm
Spencer, NY
Location:
Spencer, NY
Total Acres:
Acres
Agroforestry Acres:
Acres
Year Established:
2022
Introduction
The Beyond Organic Wineforest Farm demonstrates multiple forms of viti forestry - or agroforestry that includes and focuses on winegrowing. "Married vines" - or vines grown with living tree trellising systems - will be the feature of the Wineforest Farm. Married vines are to viti forestry as the Three Sisters are to annual crop production: these are symbiotic, dynamic polycultures with multi-level benefits. But they also have intrinsic successional potentials, allowing for adaptive perennial agriculture. These systems were the first form of viticulture, as they emulate the relationships these plants establish without human intervention. The Wineforest Farm will give a vision of how winegrowing can embody beauty and wonder in an immersive agroforestry experience, and it will show the ecological and cultural benefits and potentials of these systems, as well as give winemaking experiences.
Main Agroforestry Species
grapevines
Contact Information
Main Contact:
Adam Huss
Phone
Not provided
Email:
Website:
Social Link
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Site Visitors
Site visitors information
Nursery or Planting Stock Provider Information
Agroforestry System Design
Vitiforestry, Married Vine Polycultures, Wineforest Farming
Enhance resilience, decrease external inputs, multi-crop systems potentials, increase biodiversity, enhanced soil/plant health, increase beauty, increase wine quality
Planting multi-perennial guilds that include grapevines, trees, and other species. Alley-cropping flowers and aromatics for teas and distillates. Silvo-pasture grazing, both in a "silvo-pasture by reduction" savannah woodland, and in the wineforest with multiple species of animals and birds.
Personal or Collective Experiences
November 16, 2025 at 11:23:06 AM


