About Us

Since 2021 we have been at the forefront of yellowbud hickory oil production and advocacy in Eastern North America

Our Mission

Harvest, process, produce, and evangelize staple foods derived from perennial plants, particularly nut trees. Educate the public on the human and ecosystem health benefits of a tree crops diet and economy.

Testing applied to the plant kingdom would show that the 
natural engines of food production for hill lands are not wheat 
and other grasses, but trees. A single oak tree yields acorns 
(good carbohydrate food) often by the hundred weight, some- 
times by the ton. Some hickory and pecan trees give us nuts 
by the barrel; the walnut tree yields by the ten bushels. There 
are bean trees producing good food for cattle, which food would 
probably make more meat or milk per acre than our present 
forage crops now make. 

— J. Russell Smith Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture

Who we are

Our members live across Vermont and have a wide range of skills and areas of expertise. Tina Barney, Jesse Marksohn, Jordan Keating, Parker Bonnell, Eric Cornell, Dwyer Haney comprise the NFF core team.