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Alleys of strawberries growing between rows of honeyberries. Curving lines of elderberries planted along the contour of a stream. Maple trees tapped each spring while patches of forest botanicals such as ramps and ginseng awaken beneath their canopy. Sheep grazing in the shade below diverse canopies of chestnut and hickory. Chickens feeding on mulberries raining down from above.

Smokey House Center, a 5,000-acre forest and farming research nonprofit in Danby, Vermont was awarded a Farm to School Provider Grant through the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food, and Markets, which has funded the installation of a new Berry Alley Cropping system on its main campus this spring and early summer.