Hannah Hemmelgarn oversees the Center’s communications, partnerships, and events. Her background as an agroforestry practitioner, an educator, and a program coordinator informs her work to advance agroforestry implementation through network development, training program design, and critical research connections. She currently coordinates the Annual Agroforestry Symposium and Agroforestry Training Academy, develops content for The Agroforestry Podcast and Action in AgroforestryE-News, and facilitates student engagement and internships. Her scholarship is focused on curriculum development, program evaluation, and relational accountability in community-driven agroforestry research.
Biocultural conservation within forest gardens and forest farming
Active Grants
Hemmelgarn, H. (PD) MU-Osage Food & Agriculture Program for Tribal Student Reconnection, Engagement, and Success. USDA NIFA New Beginning for Tribal Students Program. 2021-2025. $225,500.
Hemmelgarn, H. (PD) Putting Maple on the MAP in the Lower Midwest. USDA AMS Acer Access and Development Program. 2021-2024. $473,481.
Hemmelgarn, H. (PD) Establishing a Professional Agroforestry Certification and Learning Network for Education and Exchange. USDA NCR-SARE Professional Development Program. 2023-2026. $119,962.
Hemmelgarnh, H. (PI) Agroforestry Outreach & Communications. USDA Forest Service, National Agroforestry Center. 2021-2023. $85,030.
Udawatta, R. (PI); Hemmelgarn, H. (Co-PI) New Roots for Restoration Biology Integration Institute. NSF. 2021-2026. $1,122,812 (Subaward with Danforth Plant Science Center).
Knapp, B. (PI); Hemmelgarn, H. et al. (Co-PIs) Expanding Agroforestry Production & Markets for Producer Profitability and Climate Stabilization. USDA Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. 2022-2027. $2,359,411 (Subaward with The Nature Conservancy).
Soheila Abachi (PI), Lin, C-H. (Co-PI), Hemmelgarn, H. (Co-PI), and Stubblefield, K. (Co-PI). Black Walnut Proteins as the Alternative Protein Sources in Response to Protein Supply Chain Disruption Impacted by COVID-19. Specialty Crop Block Grant H.R. 133 Stimulus Program, Missouri Department of Agriculture. 11/1/2022-10/30/2024. $49,000.
Hemmelgarn, H.L., and M.A. Gold (2022) Agroforestry education and training. Chapter 19. In: Garrett, H.E., S. Jose and M.A. Gold (eds). North American Agroforestry. 3rd Edition. Agronomy Society of America, Madison, WI pp. 543-554. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780891183785.ch19
Hemmelgarn, H.L., Gold, M., and Favor, K. (2022) Recommendations for a professional agroforester certification program to advance adoption in the US. 5th World Congress on Agroforestry, Quebec, Canada, July 2022.
Lovell, S.T.; Hayman, J.; Hemmelgarn, H.; Hunter, A.A.; Taylor, J.R. (2021) Community Orchards for Food Sovereignty, Human Health, and Climate Resilience: Indigenous Roots and Contemporary Applications. Forests 2021, 12, 1533. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12111533
Hemmelgarn, H.L. (2021) Critical dialogues in agricultural sciences at land grant institutions: curriculum, relationships, and education for equity in natural resources. Women, Food, and Agriculture Network Annual Conference: Landscapes of Resilience, November 2021.
Hemmelgarn, H.L., Adams, K., Giroux, M. (2021) Adapting agroforestry outreach for access, equity, and impact: Or, when life gives you chokeberries, make aronia juice. North American Agroforestry Conference, June 2021.
Hemmelgarn, H.L., Adams, K. (2020) Practical agroforestry for working farms: Perennial crops for production and conservation. Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service Conference, Wisconsin, February 2020.
Hemmelgarn, H.L., M.A. Gold, A. Ball, & H.E. Stelzer (2018) Agroforestry education for high school agriculture science. Agroforestry Systems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-018-0278-7
Service & Affiliations
Chair, Association for Temperate Agroforestry Board of Directors
Speaker, The Agroforestry Coalition Speakers Bureau
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As part of her master’s work, Hannah created the agroforestry high school curriculum in partnership with Missouri high school ag science teachers, FFA, and the MO Dept. of Education
Learn how to inoculate an oak log with shiitake mushroom spawn in this demonstration by Hannah, originally released for the 2021 virtual Chestnut Roast Festival.
On this episode of The Agroforestry Podcast, Hannah invites her guests to explore how the agroforestry community can increase secure and affordable land access for perennial farms.
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