Silvopasture & Community Food Security with Lisa Depiano of the UMASS Carbon Farming Initiative

The Forest Garden

On today's episode of The Forest Garden, we have the pleasure of interviewing Lisa Depiano. Lisa has many years of experience teaching permaculture in the Northeast, where her practice is informed by a background in regional planning and ecological social justice. I was first introduced to Lisa's work through a documentary called Inhabit: A Permaculture Perspective, where Lisa was promoting, and a part of, a group called "Pedal People", an organization based in the Northampton area in Massachusetts which would transport compost via bicycles from family residences to municipal compost centers. These days, Lisa runs the UMASS Carbon Farming Initiative at UMASS Amherst. Join us for an in depth discussion in silvopasture, hybrid chestnuts in agroforestry systems, perennial vegetables and their culinary uses, pathways to community food security, and much more. Lisa's Links: https://lisamariedepiano.com/ https://commonsharefood.coop/ https://stockbridge.cns.umass.edu/lisa-depiano