Temperate agroforestry: an overview

This chapter defines temperate agroforestry as 'the incorporation of trees into farming systems' or even better, 'farming with trees.' The chapter also provides the historical perspective, key systems and species used in temperate agroforestry. Finally, the chapter describes the structure of the book and states that the book describes some practices and applications that technically may not be a part of an 'agroforestry system', or even a system unto itself, but that are definitely agroforestry-related. They serve to show what agroforestry using a systems approach can offer to agriculture and the rest of society.