Virginia Tech's agroforestry team is a collaborative, trans-disciplinary group of faculty, students and staff working to advance and expand these practices and systems in temperate and tropical regions through innovative research, education and outreach programming. Our mission is to discover, teach, and disseminate knowledge about the biophysical, social, and economic factors that affect management practices and influence the adoption and permanence of agroforestry systems.

Since 2014, VT has supported and administered the Appalachian Forest Farmer Coalition, a thriving coalition of forest farming stakeholders, now reaching over 15 regional partners and 4.5k members. Learn more at https://www.catalyzingagroforestry.org/arkx-orgs/appalachian-forest-farming-coalition

More recently, VT Agroforestry Team has administered the Catalyzing Agroforestry Grant Program, as well as the ARKx Network as the next branch of the effort to catalyze agroforestry across the United States.