Educational event & programming for Producers interested in the Expanding Agroforestry Project

Farm Planning for Agroforestry

A hands-on masterclass for landowners and land managers
looking to plant trees for agriculture, conservation, and profit.
Led by Darren Doherty, CPAg (AIA) of Regrarians

Dates: September 5 - September 8, 2025

Speakers, Educators, Farmers

Darren Doherty

Brett Chedzoy

Garrett Miller

Harry Greene

In Collaboration with

Full Weekend Educational Event

Full Program — Register Here

Dates: September 5 - September 8

Location: Ramble On Farm, Trumansburg, NY

Price: TBD

Lunch included. Lodging not included. Camping permitted.

Farm Tours — Open to all

Dates & Locations:

Friday, Sept 5 - Finger Lakes Cider House

Saturday, Sept 6 - Ramble On Farm

Sunday, Sept 7 - Angus Glen Farm

Price: Free

Full Program: Day by Day

    1. Overview of the course

    2. Brief introductions from the attendees

    3. Tree Species for Agroforestry

    4. Lunch

    5. Trees for Different Holistic Contexts

    6. Farm tour of Finger Lakes Cider House

    7. Dinner and music at Finger Lakes Cider House

    1. The Regrarians Platform

    2. Keyline Geometry Applied

    3. Water - Quantity, quality, catchments, pond placement on different landscapes and in different soil types

    4. Irrigation

    5. Tile drainage

    6. Road placement & slope

    7. Headlands for trees

    8. Lunch

    9. Alley-cropping Windbreaks, & Silvopasture Design Details

    10. Equipment Demo: Site Prep at Ramble On Farm

    11. Ramble On Farm Tour

    12. Dinner & Music

    1. Tour of Angus Glen Farm, 30-year-old silvopasture

    2. Lunch

    3. Buildings

    4. Livestock Fencing

    5. Soil Improvement

    6. Agroforestry Economics

  • 1. Workshopping participants’ farm plans, presentations

    2. End

Who is the Full Program for?

  • Those who directly manage 5 - 500+ acres

  • Those who produce crops and/or run livestock commercially

  • Those who are planning to integrate trees into an operation,
    or have already done so

This educational event is not fit for

→ Backyard producers

→ Those who don’t manage land directly

→ Those un-interested in trees

What you will come away with

  1. Holistic decision making approach for your farm & direct advisory for a farm plan

  2. Detailed strategies and tactics for farm infrastructure (water, fencing, forestry, and production)

  3. How to choose tree crops, the cost/benefits, long term management, and sales & marketing of those crops

  4. Actionable steps on how to fund your long term farm plan

Farm Tours

What you’ll learn about: Fruit-centered alley cropping & mixed species silvopasture.

Date & Location: Friday, September 6 - Interlaken, NY

Evening Activity: The tour will end at the cider house where there will be food and cider to enjoy.

Finger Lakes Cider House

Garrett Miller

What you’ll learn about: Chestnuts, black locust, hybrid poplar, willows, site prep, and tree planting

Date & Location: Saturday, September 7 - Trumansburg, NY

Equipment Demo: Includes an equipment demo for site preparation & tree planting & from Propagate’s farm services team

Ramble On Farm

Harry Greene

Angus Glen Farm

What you’ll learn about: Mature cattle-centric silvopasture

Date & Location: Sunday, September 8 - Watkins Glen, NY

Brett Chedzoy

Farm Planning for Agroforestry

Agroforestry Educational Program & Farm Tours led by Darren Doherty, CPAg (AIA) CV of Regrarians

Dates: September 5 - 8