{"id":13626,"date":"2025-07-11T16:39:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/?p=13626"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:20:56","slug":"learn-about-alley-cropping-benefits-at-on-site-workshops-free-in-aug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/connections\/learn-about-alley-cropping-benefits-at-on-site-workshops-free-in-aug\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn about alley cropping benefits at on-site workshops, free in Aug."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2025\/07\/fruit-tree-alley-cropping-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Alley cropping involves planting vegetables or herbs between rows of fruit trees or shrubs.\" class=\"wp-image-13627\" style=\"width:164px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2025\/07\/fruit-tree-alley-cropping-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2025\/07\/fruit-tree-alley-cropping-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2025\/07\/fruit-tree-alley-cropping-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2025\/07\/fruit-tree-alley-cropping-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/141\/2025\/07\/fruit-tree-alley-cropping-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Field days arranged by UMES Extension will explore alley cropping sites on Maryland\u2019s Eastern Shore. The free events take place from 8:30-11 a.m. Aug. 2 in Federalsburg, Aug. 4 in Crisfield, Aug. 9 in Westover and Aug. 12 in Princess Anne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alley cropping involves planting vegetables or herbs between rows of fruit trees or shrubs, said Lila Karki, an assistant professor of agricultural economics. The agroforestry practice can provide farm income streams through production of a variety of profitable crops, while improving soil health and air quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demonstration tours, he said, will highlight companion crops that work well in the system, how farmers can utilize land efficiently and ways to reduce water consumption, fertilizer and other costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlley cropping can also help agricultural producers mitigate extreme weather and restore land,\u201d Karki said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The field days are free, but pre-registration is required by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umes.edu\/extension\/events\">www.umes.edu\/extension\/events<\/a>. For more information, email <a href=\"mailto:lkarki@umes.edu\">lkarki@umes.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gail Stephens, agricultural communications, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, UMES Extension, <\/em><a href=\"mailto:gcstephens@umes.edu\"><em>gcstephens@umes.edu<\/em><\/a><em>, 410-621-3850.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Field days arranged by UMES Extension will explore alley cropping sites on Maryland\u2019s Eastern Shore. The free events take place from 8:30-11 a.m. Aug. 2 in Federalsburg, Aug. 4 in Crisfield, Aug. 9 in Westover and Aug. 12 in Princess Anne. Alley cropping involves planting vegetables or herbs between rows of fruit trees or shrubs,&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/connections\/learn-about-alley-cropping-benefits-at-on-site-workshops-free-in-aug\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">Learn about alley cropping benefits at on-site workshops, free in Aug.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":45,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,164],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-13626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connections","category-july-2025-connections"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13626"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/sans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=13626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}