Database research record2019·United States
UMass Carbon Farming Initiative Design Overview
Nikhil Villani, Jack Stambaugh
ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Urban Farm DB summary
The UMass Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) at the Agricultural Learning Center (ALC) involves Stockbridge School of Agriculture students and faculty researching and practicing regenerative food production. Initiated in Spring 2018, students designed and installed a chestnut-sheep silvopasture on a two-acre site. The first season involved starting a chestnut nursery, planting chestnuts, and rotationally grazing six sheep between rows.