CT Edible Ecosystems

Sven Pihl

https://svenpihl.wixsite.com/mysite

Agroforestry Designer

Agroforester Technical Service Provider

4+ years of AF design to NRCS standards

Areas of Expertise:

Creative – Geospatial Design Specialist (GIS & CAD)

Sven Pihl was Savanna Institute’s first Agroforestry Technical Service Provider and hired to

assist Illinois farmers and landowners looking to implement Agroforestry systems. In that role, he became the Geospatial Design Specialist (GIS/CAD) for the Savanna Institute and the Technical Service Program.

Prior to Savanna Institute, Pihl operated CT Edible Ecosystems as designer, educator and

conference presenter throughout New England and now operates CT Edible Ecosystems nationally.

Sven has 15 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, the Center for Agroforestry; Agroforestry Academy in 2015 and 2024, the Regrarians® REX training, and had audited by invitation the 682a Multifunction Carbon-Sequestering Agroforestry course at Yale; School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

Sven is a member of the Association for Temperate Agroforestry (AFTA), 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.