Tree crops—for example, apple, cherry ... despite their critical role in achieving the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). An international research team, with the ...

Crop rotation involves rotating crops or crop families from one growing period to the next. For example, farmers may plant corn in their fields one year and soybeans the next or grow a spring crop of ...

"For maximum crop production we need artificial ... "This study is a proof-of-concept that a more diverse rotation can achieve this sustainable intensification, reducing nitrate losses while ...

To that end, FarmED, a nonprofit, is "rebuilding" the soil on the farm by focusing on a crop rotation using what's known as a herbal ley, a mix of herbs, grasses and clovers that add nitrogen ...