Agroforestry is defined as a set of practices that combine trees with farming, creating land-use systems involving interactions among trees, people, and agriculture at various scales.

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It represents a convergence of forestry and agriculture, emphasizing ecological perspectives and innovation in both fields. These land-use systems generate multifunctional landscapes that contribute to climate-resilient processes and social well-being and are therefore considered the future of global land use.

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“There was a time when all of us—every ancestor, every lineage—lived in kinship with the earth.” The earth nourished us in ways both seen and unseen. And we, her children, gave back in song, in ceremony, in gratitude, and with our bodies.

 

In 2016, Seed2Fork launched its first small-scale agroforestry ancestral practices in land stewardship, food systems, and culturally relevant farming for Black, Brown, Latinx, Indigenous, Native American, immigrant, and low-income communities. We realized that growing useful trees, shrubs, and plants together created a system in which each species benefits the others. These practices are environmental, social justice-oriented, and an integral thread woven into the fabric of how we farm throughout Skagit, Snohomish, King, and Pierce Counties.

 

We believe both a theoretical grounding in public health and nutrition, and hands-on experience with the soil itself, are essential across these four counties—rooted in community relationships and amplifying the voices of those advocating for healthy food and nutrition programs while living in the wrong zip codes.