Forest Livelihoods
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Forest Livelihoods co-produces collaborative and actionable knowledge about regenerative, multi-story agroforestry.
New farmers and people considering agroforestry as a livelihood may be inspired and educated through the short case studies, videos, and technical scenarios we are producing in our Sharing Successes in Agroforestry project.
Recent Blog Posts
On the Rebound: A Tale of White–Tailed Deer in Kentucky
November 20, 2025
Where the Pawpaws Grow: Finding and Conserving Kentucky’s Banana
October 16, 2025
It Was the Berries: Fighting Autumn Olive's (Elaeagnus umbellata) Invasion in Appalachia
October 10, 2025
Community Wealth from Healthy Rivers and Forests
The Community Wealth from Healthy Rivers and Forests project feautures outreach to Appalachian counties along the Kentucky and Tug Fork Rivers. In collaboration with the Center for Heirs' Property, Friends of the Tug Fork River, and the Kentucky Riverkeeper, LiKEN is working to local livelihoods through increased access to agroforestry training, resources, and markets.
Sharing Successes in Agroforestry
Forest farming plays an important role as we move beyond resource extraction-based economies. It can provide supplementary or primary livelihoods rooted in diverse, meaningful, and multigenerational cultural heritages. Sharing Successes in Agroforestry (SSIA) values this practice, the local knowledge that sustains it, and being ecologically tuned-in to the landscape.
