Intercropping means better harvests! 🥬 🌱
Planting kohlrabi and lettuce together maximizes space. Fast-growing lettuce provides quick ground cover, suppressing weeds, while slower kohlrabi matures. This diversity boosts soil health and reduces pest pressure. #Intercropping #Sustainable #Gardening
#RegenerativeAgriculture Goes Mainstream
by Jan Lee Jul 10th 2025
"The world’s hottest year on record may also mark the beginning of the end for carbon-intensive, conventional farming. Several factors have converged to bring regenerative practices into the mainstream, while a new study demonstrates that farmers can produce just as much food while improving land productivity by transitioning away from conventional practices.
"#RegenerativeFarming first hit headlines as part of '#LivingSystemsThinking' in the 1960s, later gaining interest among health-conscious foodies when the concept was popularized by food author #MichaelPollan. Today, techniques such as #CoverCropping and integrated pest management are being embraced not only by #environmental activists but also by multinational food companies. The difference is that now, this approach is celebrated for its practical effectiveness in maintaining a consistent food supply in an era of #ClimateChange-driven supply shocks."
Read more:
https://earth.org/regenerative-agriculture-trends-and-impacts/
#FoodForAll #SolarPunkSunday
#Agroecology #RegenerativeFarming
#Intercropping #Polyculture #Resiliency #FoodSystems #ClimateChangeFarming
#RegenerativeAgriculture has its roots in #Indigenous farming
Strategic Intelligence
Fri, October 10, 2025
Excerpt: "While regenerative agriculture is growing in business settings as a method of reducing agricultural impact, and as an emissions reduction method, indigenous farmers have been responding to environmental stimuli and promoting non-intensive farming methods for millennia. Indigenous groups and farmers are the best guardians of the world’s #ecosystems."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/regenerative-agriculture-roots-indigenous-farming-142900539.html
#SolarPunkSunday #Agroecology #RegenerativeFarming #Agroforestry #Intercropping #Polyculture
Paper of the week - week 42:
Bančič et al. 2021
Modeling Illustrates That Genomic Selection Provides New Opportunities for Intercrop Breeding
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.605172/full
#benediktspapersoftheweek #CropDiversification #intercropping #PlantBreeding