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The potential for domestic agroforestry and the constraints to its development that were first identified in 1989 (Lassoie et al., 1991) and then reexamined 2 yr later (Lassoie & Buck, 1991) are dramatically different from those facing us today (Gold, 2019). Agroforestry practices are becoming part of the repertoire of management strategies that are emerging from the research and development community to address complex land use sustainability issues within interdisciplinary forums.

As mentioned above, however, agroforestry is a hybrid of the established fields of agriculture and forestry, closely aligned with the science of agroecology and regenerative agriculture. Therefore, each new approach will face its own set of challenges as it moves from theory into practice. Practical application of these approaches also will face different challenges and offer different opportunities to the research and development community. These challenges and progress to date in meeting them are discussed here as well as specific recommendations to further advance agroforestry research, development, and practice in the United States.