# Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture by J. Russell Smith - Part 1

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Podcast: [Perennial AF](https://stenobird.com/podcast/perennial-af-4037011)
Published: 2025-09-01T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Host Jacob Grace reads from the first three chapters of Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture by J. Russell Smith, first published in 1929. This book, which is now in the public domain, has been extremely influential in the adoption of agroforestry in the United States, and in the origins of the Savanna Institute in particular. Show notes at www.SavannaInstitute.org/PerennialAF    

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