#34 Building relationships to scale agroforestry with Kaitie Adams

Today I talk with Kaitie Adams, she leads the Savanna Institute's Illinois Demonstration Farm program and helps build community through agroforestry education across the state and beyond. Kaitie and I explore together how they build relationships with different stakeholders to make agroforestry projects become a reality in the mid-west. We engage with themes such as cultural perceptions of agroforestry and the multiple ways the Savanna Institute is leveraging change. We also took the time to discuss their demonstration sites, their design methodology working with local farmers as well as debriefing on certain of their mistakes and lessons learnt.  TABLE OF CONTENTS02:09 Introduction04:54 The Savanna Institute10:02 Engaging with cultural perceptions 23:30 Agroforestry as an additional layer of use of the land46:12 Raising capital 52:44 Design of demonstration sites 01:11:06 Complexity of systems01:18:14 Plans for commercialisation 01:24:53 Mistakes and lessons learnt  • RESOURCEShttps://www.savannainstitute.org/• GET IN TOUCH www.regenerativeagroforestry.org• SUPPORT US www.gumroad.com/regenagroforestry• FOLLOW US on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.