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HartWood

Johnson County, IA

Location:

Johnson County, IA

Total Acres:

Acres

Agroforestry Acres:

45 Acres

Year Established: 

Agroforestry Practices

Introduction

We are starting to plant a diversity of fruits and nuts with a focus on chestnuts in a field that was previously conventional row crops. We are also planning to add, a variety of berries, paw paw, persimmon, heartnut, stone fruits, pears, and perennial flowers and ornamentals with hay as an alley crop. We plan to market through u-pick as well as wholesale and value-added items.

Some of our main goals are to increase biodiversity, improve soil health, and demonstrate alternative diverse perennial food crops as a replacement for current commodity crop monocultures in area.

Major Farm Operations
Main Crops
Livestock
Uses of Agroforestry Products

Main Agroforestry Species

Chestnuts
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Contact Information

Main Contact:

Katie Hochstedler

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Agroforestry System Design

We are in the early stages so far but planning to put around 25 acres into chestnuts at 25 ft between rows and 20-25 feet within rows. There will be some areas of chestnuts interplanted with paw paws with two trees between each pair of chestnuts.

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November 17, 2025 at 5:09:17 PM

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