ABOUT THE LIVE WEBINAR
Forest farming is the intentional stewardship and cultivation of harvestable forest products other than timber, including maple syrup, ginseng, ramps, and mushrooms. This webinar will highlight medicinal plants that can be grown in forested settings and explore forest management strategies for producing high-quality forest-farmed products.
WHEN
August 19, 2026
(12:00 PM-1:30 PM ET)
Register By: August 19, 2026
This event is free of charge.
Who is this for?
- Forest landowners
- Recreational and commercial foragers
- Consumers of foraged plants
- Natural resource agency personnel
- Foresters
- Land managers
- Gardeners
- Forest farmers
- Agroforesters
What will you learn?
- Native forest plants with medicinal uses
- Current and emerging markets for Appalachian medicinal plants
- Recent research on Appalachian medicinal plants
- Approaches for producing native medicinal plants in agroforestry systems
This event is being offered at no charge to participants.
Space is limited - preregistration is required.
Registration is required to receive the link to access the webinar.
A link to the recorded webinar will be emailed to registrants within ten business days after the live event. The recording will be accessible for six months from the event date.