‘Farming the Woods’ by Ken Mudge and Steve Gabriel

Reader Contribution by Chelsea Green Publishing
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To many, the practices of forestry and farming are mutually exclusive, because in the modern world, agriculture involves open fields, straight rows, and machinery to grow crops, while forests are primarily reserved for timber and firewood harvesting.

Farming the Woods introduces a remarkably different perspective: that a healthy forest can be maintained while growing a wide range of food, medicinal, and other non-timber products such as ginseng, mushrooms, and ramps.

In Farming the Woods, authors Ken Mudge and Steve Gabriel demonstrate how forest farms can be most productive in places where the plow is not: on steep slopes, and in shallow soils. Forest farming is becoming an invaluable practice to integrate into any farm or homestead, especially as the need for unique value-added products and supplemental income becomes increasingly important for farmers.

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