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Agroforestry Regional Knowledge Exchange Network
Demonstration Site Profile
Virginia Tech: Catawba Sustainability Center
Catawba, VA
Located in the beautiful Catawba Valley of Virginia, the center's 377-acre farm property is a place of interdisciplinary research and hands-on learning. Through research, teaching, and demonstration of sustainable practices in agriculture, forestry, and land management, our work exemplifies the notion that learning is interdisciplinary and occurs in both the classroom and with hands in the soil.
Farm Information
Location:
Catawba, VA
County:
Roanoke
Context:
Rural
Land Tenure:
Own
Total Acres:
378
Other Practices:
regenerative agriculture practices
Agroforestry Profile
Agroforestry Established:
2022
Agroforestry Acres:
378
Agroforestry Practices:
Riparian Buffer, Alley Cropping, Forest Farming, Silvopasture, Food Forest, Conservation Credit Agroforestry Production/Swale System
Do you offer tours, programming or events?
On farm workshops and field days
Size of Agroforestry Practices:
Each agroforestry site varies from 1 acre - 10 acres
Contact Information
Adam Taylor
(540) 588-0283
Farm Visitors
Publicly during business hours
Agroforestry Practice Details,
Production & Crops
Native Fruit and Nut Trees, non-timber forest products both edible and medicinal, beef, annual crops, annual forages
Other Information
Support: Technical Assistance, implementation, grant cost share, funding, etc.
Barriers/Obstacles
Business, Marketing, sales
How did you get involved in agroforestry?
Future plans
Imported: May 2025, Updated: October 1, 2025
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