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The ongoing challenge is the continued development of domestic agroforestry practices along with the development of more discipline‐based land use strategies of sustainable agriculture and forestry. Almost 30 yr ago, Lassoie and Buck (1991) called for a major national commitment similar to the one mounted near the turn of the 20th century for agricultural production and forest conservation. As we begin 2021, large‐scale refocusing of the nation’s resources and professional energies has yet to fully materialize owing to the strength and ingrained structure of our current institutions and steady stream of state budget tightening. Nonetheless, concerns about the environmental impacts of current land use practices and the deterioration of the land base and water are increasingly being recognized as important problems to address (e.g., hypoxia, soil health). In spite of institutional and fiscal limitations, steady development efforts are underway to move domestic agroforestry from concepts to practices. During the past decade, steady progress has been underway at many different levels toward building a research–education–practice infrastructure involving a unique partnership including academia, state and federal governments, NGOs, the private sector, and agroforestry practitioners.