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Gregory Frey

Research Forester
Greg Frey
P.O. Box 12254
Forest Sciences Laboratory
3041 E. Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Dr. Gregory Frey is a Research Forester at the USDA Forest Service. His work involves evaluating the impacts of forest policy, regulation, and taxes. This includes various drivers of implementation of agroforestry systems in Virginia such as alley cropping, forest farming, and silvopasture. Greg is interested in helping landowners conserve land while at the same time generate income. Greg became interested in agroforestry systems such as silvopasture systems, while serving as a Volunteer and Volunteer Coordinator for the US Peace Corps in Paraguay. He then returned to the US to receive his PhD at NC State University in forest economics, studying the feasibility and profitability of agroforestry systems in the United States and Argentina. After NC State, Dr. Frey worked for three years at the World Bank, helping countries fight deforestation, and three years at Virginia State University, teaching about and research resource management and sustainable income streams, including various potential agroforestry systems.