Sven Pihl has Savanna Institute’s first Agroforestry Technical Service Provider and hired to assist Illinois farmers and landowners who want to develop agroforestry systems and now is the GIS/CAD TSP Team Lead for the Technical Service Program. Prior to Savanna Institute, Pihl operated CT Edible Ecosystems and was a designer, educator and conference presenter throughout New England.
Pihl has 13+ years of professional experience in permaculture, agroforestry, ecological design and site planning. He is an autodidact and his self-directed education includes Permaculture, Landscape Design, CAD, GIS, Holistic Management, Center for Agroforestry; Agroforestry Academy, the Regrarians® REX training, audited by invitation the 682a Multifunction Carbon-Sequestering Agroforestry course at Yale; School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Pihl is a member of the Association for Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA) member, has served on the New England/Mid-Atlantic Agroforestry Steering Committee, and now serves under “Creative” within the Agroforestry Coalition and on the Agroforestry Technical Assistance/Training Working Group.
Areas of Expertise
Creative
Company/Organization/Affiliation
CT Edible Ecosystems, LLC