Newsletter: Tour Valley Farm in Spring Green

July 2025

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Tour Valley Farm in Spring Green, WI

Valley Farm, part of our Spring Green Campus, consists of flat, highly productive farmland along the Wisconsin River, and is ideal for intensive research plots, our tree crop improvement program, and large-scale windbreak and alley cropping demonstrations. In 2022, we planted 12 acres of hybrid hazels, a five cultivar hazelnut pruning trial, and a 12 cultivar elderberry variety trial. At this week’s farm tour, you can learn more about our latest persimmon planting and our bird bioacoustic research project on the farm.

FARM TOUR

Agroforestry Tree Crop Improvement + Monitoring for Biodiversity at Valley Farm

Thursday, July 17 @ 10am - 12pm

Spring Green Campus, WI

An agroforestry podcast and blog by the Savanna Institute

Orchard Production from Minnesota to Belize with Harry and Jackie Hoch

Harry and Jackie Hoch managed Orchard and Gardens for over 30 years. About four years ago, they found Carmelita Gardens in Belize and moved to continue their work there. Hear how they have been transitioning their life in our latest podcast.

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What do I do with this fruit? 4 recipes for black currant, serviceberry (juneberry) and elderflower

Elderberry, black currant and serviceberry (juneberry) are all perennial tree crops that are well suited for Midwestern agriculture. At our demonstration farm in Urbana, IL, elderberry and black currant are the alley crop between tree rows of heartnut (Japanese walnut), and serviceberry (juneberry) is interplanted in one row of one windbreak. Read the recipes recommended by Illinois Agroforestry Educator, MJ Oviatt.

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Give your farm a second story

Canopy provides tree planting and management services to farmers and landowners in the Midwest. We establish perennial crops, timber plantings, conservation practices, and integrated agroforestry systems.

If you'd like to learn more about Canopy's tree planting and management services, please schedule a meeting with our Client Engagement Coordinator, Carolyn, HERE or give her a call at (217) 919-5379.

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Farm Tour: Agroforestry Tree Crop Improvement + Monitoring for Biodiversity

Thursday, July 17 @ 10am - 12pm

Valley Farm, Spring Green, WI

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Food Forests & Seed Saving Field Day at Merry Lea

Tuesday, July 22 @ 9:30am - 1pm

Albion, IN

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19th North American Agroforestry Conference

July 23 - July 25

University of Missouri, Columbia Campus

Columbia, MO

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WI Agroforestry Demonstration Farm Network: Good Trouble Grove Tour

Tuesday, July 29 @ 3pm - 8pm

Good Trouble Farm, Green Lake, WI

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Alley Cropping for the Market Farmer Workshop

Thursday, July 31 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Earth Mama Farm, Pembroke, IL

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Stack Your Farm’s Potential with Alley Cropping! Monthly Farm Tour

Saturday, August 2 @ 10am - 12pm

4-H Memorial Camp, Monticello, IL

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2025 Joint Conference of Northern Nut Growers Association & Chestnut Growers of America

August 3 - 6

Owosso + Lansing, MI

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Deep Food

August 3 - 10

Paoli, IN

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WI Agroforestry Demo Farm Network Monthly Meet Up

Thursday, August 14 @ 1pm

Online

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Intro to Agroforestry + Silvopasture 101

Thursday, August 21 @ 10am - 12pm

Hillside Pastures, Spring Green, WI

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MORE EVENTS

Agroforestry Business Accelerator: Fellows Program

The Agroforestry Coalition is partnering with the Food Finance Institute (FFI) to launch an agroforestry business accelerator program! The Agroforestry Fellows Program (modeled off of the successful FFI Food Fellows Program) will support nascent and growing agroforestry brands and processing businesses, from seed (or sapling) to shelf.

Deadline to apply: July 25, 2025

Wisconsin Farmers Union & Wisconsin Agroforestry Network Workshop, Potluck & Farm Tour at Good Trouble Grove

The Wisconsin Agroforestry Demonstration Farm Network (Savanna Institute and NRCS-WI) and Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) invite farmers, land stewards, and community members to gather in Green Lake, WI, on Tuesday, July 29, for an inspiring, tree-focused event at Good Trouble Grove, the agroecological home of WFU members Shelly Rothman and Jorg Diekmann.