Call for Interest - Host the 2027 North American Agroforestry Conference

Seeking Host Institution or Organization for the

2027 North American Agroforestry Conference (NAAC)

Share Interest by March 6th, 2026 

Full Host Applications due April 30th, 2026

Email: northamericanagroforestry@gmail.com

The Association for Temperate Agroforestry Board of Directors is seeking potential hosts and venues for the 2027 North American Agroforestry Conference (NAAC)! The 2025 NAAC conference was amazing at the University of Missouri, check out the wrap up. 

The 2027 NAAC Host Institution will participate in the planning and execution of the conference with support from the 2027 NAAC Planning Committee, which is made up of the Association for Temperate Agroforestry Board of Directors and stakeholders.  

The location for the next conference should be within two hours of a major airport with convention facilities and hotels to accommodate around 250 people. Preferably all needs are available on site within walking distance or with shuttle capacity, along with the opportunity for field components and demonstration nearby.  

Hosts of past North American Agroforestry Conferences include:

• University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 2025

• Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba, Costa Rica, 2024

• Co-hosted by Savanna Institute and Association for Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA), [online], 2021

• Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2019

• Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, 2017

• Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 2015

• University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, 2013

• University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2011

Host benefits:

• Network and partnership development

• National and international visibility for signature programs and initiatives

• Produce outcomes funders and stakeholders like to see such as stakeholder engagement, knowledge dissemination and transfer

• Build research momentum through conference proceedings, special issues, working groups, and other research collaborations

• Academic and professional advancement opportunities

• Community impact

• Cost sharing and revenue sharing

Please share your interest as a potential 2027 NAAC Host Institution or Organization via email by March 6th, 2026 to: northamericanagroforestry@gmail.com.

Full host applications are due by April 30th, 2026 for an anticipated Summer 2027 North American Agroforestry Conference! 

Please share this call for interest with your networks!

Thank you, 

Association for Temperate Agroforestry Board of Directors