Kelsi Stubblefield, MS | The Center for Agroforestry

Education & Training Programs Coordinator

203F ABNR Bldg
k.stubblefield@missouri.edu
573-884-3161

Kelsi Stubblefield graduated from the Center for Agroforestry with her Agroforestry MS in December of 2021. Currently, she coordinates much of the Center’s educational programming. Her primary duties are coordinating the Center’s annual Agroforestry Training Academy, creating the pilot Agroforestry Certification Program, assisting with the online Agroforestry Graduate Program, authoring publications on a variety of agroforestry-related topics, conducting research on various human dimensions of agroforestry, and supporting sustainable partnerships. Her research and interest areas include agroforestry practice adoption, program development and evaluation, urban agroforestry, and agroforestry for education and community resilience.

Agroforestry Training Academy

Research Foci

Human dimensions of agroforestry
Agroforestry training design, implementation, and evaluation
Agroforestry for community benefits

Active Grants

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. (PI), Gold, M. (Co-PI), Stubblefield, K. (Co-PI), Daily, M. (Co-PI). Establishing a Professional Agroforestry Certification and Learning Network. North Central SARE Professional Development Program, United States Department of Agriculture. 10/01/2023-09/01-2026. $119,962.

Extension and Outreach Publications

Feibel, S., Stubblefield, K., Bahrenburg, A. 2025. Direct marketing for agroforestry
producers. Agroforestry Note 27. [Revised]. Lincoln, NE: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, National Agroforestry Center. 18 p.
Favor, K., Stubblefield, K.J., Hemmelgarn, H. 2025. Establishing and Managing a Forest Garden. University of Missouri Center for Agroforestry. Agroforestry in Action Technical Guide.
Favor, K., Stubblefield, K.J., Hemmelgarn, H. 2023. Urban Agroforestry. National Center for Appropriate Technology.
Stubblefield, K.J., MacFarland, K., Straight, R. 2023. How can windbreaks protect livestock from the cold? Working Trees Information Sheet.
Stubblefield, K.J., MacFarland, K., Straight, R. 2023. Can windbreaks increase crop yields? Working Trees Information Sheet.
Cai, Z., Gold, M., Stubblefield, K.J., 2021. North American Pawpaw – Producers, Consumers and Future Market. Association for Temperate Agroforestry, Volume 27 No. 3
Stubblefield, K.J., 2019. Experience! Eat! Create! A 5th Grade Lesson Plan on Multifunctional Food Forests. Lesson Plan. Available for download on Center for Agroforestry website.
Regular posts on the Center for Agroforestry’s Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook pages.

Peer-reviewed Publications

Stubblefield, K., Smith, M., Lovell, S., Hendrickson, M., Cai, Z. (2025). Factors affecting Missouri land managers’ willingness-to-adopt agroforestry practices. Agroforest Syst 99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-024-01117-0
Marcillo-Yepez E., Skevas T., Stubblefield K., Lin C., Abachi S. (2025), Understanding US consumers’ willingness to pay for black walnuts. British Food Journal, Vol. 127 No. 4 pp. 1254–1269, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-07-2024-0683
Cai, Z., Stubblefield, K., Thomas, A. L., & Aguilar, F. X. (2024). From Niche to Mainstream: US Consumer Trends and Preferences for Elderberry Products. HortScience, 59(12), 1723-1729. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI18180-24
Stubblefield, K.J. (2021). Agroforestry Adoption: Influential Factors, Land Manager Perceptions, and Willingness-to-Accept Payments. MS Thesis. Available online.
Stubblefield, K.J., Cai, Z., Smith, M., Hendrickson, M., Gold, M., (In Draft). Agroforestry Adoption Around the World: A Meta-Analysis of Contemporary Studies.