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Beyond Organic WineForest Farm

Spencer, NY

Location:

Spencer, NY

Total Acres:

Acres

Agroforestry Acres:

Acres

Year Established: 

2022

Agroforestry Practices

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.

Major Farm Operations
Main Crops
Livestock
Uses of Agroforestry Products

Main Agroforestry Species

grapevines

Contact Information

Main Contact:

Adam Huss

Phone

Not provided

Email:

Website:

Social Link

Social Link

Site Visitors

Site visitors information

Nursery or Planting Stock Provider Information

Buisness Type
Planting Stock Source
Species Offered
Planting Stock Type

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

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