Hannah Hemmelgarn oversees the Center’s training programs, 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 and her staff team coordinate the Annual Agroforestry Symposium, the Agroforestry Training Academy and seasonal public and professional training events, develop content for Action in AgroforestryE-News, and facilitate student engagement and internships. Her research is focused on place-based relational accountability and program evaluation in community-driven agroforestry partnerships.
Hemmelgarn H, Bloomquist M, Warren S, Stubblefield K, Commender K, Giroux M, Decre B, Alley J. Storying a responsive agroforestry technical assistance and training landscape in the US. Agroforestry Systems. 2026 June; 100(7):-. doi: 10.1007/s10457-026-01551-2.
Romanova O, Gold M, Stubblefield K, Hemmelgarn H. A snapshot of the current agroforestry organizational landscape in the United States focused on non-profit and university-based institutions. Agroforestry Systems. 2026 July; 100. doi: 10.1007/s10457-026-01600-w.
Hemmelgarn, H.L. (2025) Cultivating allyship in academia: Towards culturally responsive ethics and methodologies in western agroforestry research. Agroforestry Systems 99, 161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-025-01242-4
Hemmelgarn, H.L., and M.A. Gold (2023) 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
Co-Chair, Technical Assistance and Training Working Group, The Agroforestry Coalition
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.
