Beyond Organic WineForest Farm; Spencer, NY
- Catalyzing Agroforestry
- Feb 17
- 1 min read
Contact: Adam Huss connect@organicwinepodcast.com
Agroforestry Practices: Forest Farming, Silvopasture, Alley Cropping
Site Access: By appointment, Coming soon
Years in Agroforestry: 2 years
Demonstrations or educational programming offered: Vitiforestry, Married Vine Polycultures, Wineforest Farming
Agroforestry goals
Enhance resilience, decrease external inputs, multi-crop systems potentials, increase biodiversity, enhanced soil/plant health, increase beauty, increase wine quality
Agroforestry summary:
The Beyond Organic Wineforest Farm demonstrates multiple forms of vitiforestry - 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 vitiforestry 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.
Practice Details
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.
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