North American Agroforestry Conference

The Association for Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA) convenes the North American Agroforestry Conference (NAAC) biennially to bring together an inter-regional and international community of agroforestry professionals including scientists, farmers, technical assistance providers, entrepreneurs, and innovators. NAAC is a gathering that enriches our professional relationships and our understanding of research and development outcomes within temperate agroforestry systems. 

At the 1991 NAAC in Missouri, a group of leaders from across temperate North America came together and planted the seeds for the origins of AFTA as a non-profit more than 30 years ago. We are delighted to come together again at this geographic crossroads.

The University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry (UMCA), established in 1998, is guided by a mission to support the long-term future of rural and urban working farms and forests through land stewardship strategies that achieve economic, environmental and social resilience. We host an agroforestry graduate degree program, natural resource professional…