Ask an Agroforestery Spring '25 - Multigenerational Land Stewardship with Sophia Hampton

In this episode, Steve Gabriel of Wellspring Forest Farm guest hosts, speaking with Sophia Hampton of the Yale Sustainable Food Program. They discuss the elephant in the room of all Agroforestry design - how do we plan multigenerationally for systems that are meant to outlive us? Noah Simon pops in for a valuable spotlight on the work he and others are doing at Breadtree Farms. This series is hosted by Appalachian Sustainable Development, with support from the Edwards Mother Earth Foundation. Scroll past timestamps for guest links. 00:00 - Opening the Episode 00:46 - Video Roadmap 07:00 - About Farming with Trees 11:39 - Sophia Hampton Bio 13:00 - Sophia’s Presentation begins 15:08 - “Agroforestry means more than trees” 16:41 - Land Access Tensions 25:51 - Four Buckets of Structure that Power Multi-Party Agroforestry Land Arrangements 32:57 - Breadtree has created a space for young farmers to work toward their future 32:57 - Agroforestry needs creative leases to thrive 45:11 - What has been the foundation of your partnerships? 54:48 - De-Commodifying Land 56:59 - Municipal/State Partnerships 58:24 - “To sum it all up” 59:39 - How did you find the people you spoke to during your research? 1:03:21 - What other practices in different styles of agriculture could be applied to Agroforestry? 1:05:43 - Were there any common partnerships that you noticed in your travel? 1:08:07 - What Land Agreement Model showed the most promise in your research? 1:12:17 - Is there a difference between incorporating at a state level and a federal level? 1:15:30 - Are there more ways to share stories of innovative land access in Agroforestry? 1:17:26 - What are the key factors to success in land access projects? 1:21:30 - Whats an Agroforestry food you can’t wait to have? https://www.asdevelop.org/ https://www.farmingwithtrees.org/ https://breadtreefarms.com/ https://www.sustainablefood.yale.edu/... https://www.sustainablefood.yale.edu/...