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“agroforestry is how people farm without clearing the forest,\u201d says mark kostka, traditional chief and farmer on the island of pohnpei in the federated states of micronesia. for thousands of years, the people of pohnpei island have sustainably harvested and cultivated a diversity of food crops in their island’s tropical rainforests where exceptionally high rainfall, rich soil, and numerous endemic plants are excellent resources for traditional agroforestry farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

however, after decades of imported food, the diets of micronesians today includes many foreign foods and local farming is on the decline. the majority of food in local supermarkets is imported, processed food brought in on cargo ships. \u201cit is postcolonial damage,\u201d says senator jayson walter of pohnpei state, \u201cthe problem with our farming right now, it\u2019s not consistent, and we need to establish that consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

in this short documentary, discover how traditional agroforestry practices in the federated states of micronesia integrate farming into the forest, preserving the land and supplying healthy food to those who live there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

in an effort to build a climate resilient food system, traditional agroforestry farmers are returning to sustainable food production practices in pohnpei state, micronesia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16995,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4919,4929,4896,7080,4914],"tags":[],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-35295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-biodiversity","category-food","category-storyfest-2024","category-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nfrom the ocean to the mountain: agroforestry in micronesia - planet forward<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"despite decades of competition from imported foods, farmers in micronesia are cultivating an agroforestry system that works with the land.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/agroforestry-micronesia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"from the ocean to the mountain: agroforestry in micronesia - 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