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One effective way to build soil health and organic matter is with cover crops.
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Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
The property is committed to fostering biodiversity and nurturing healthy soils through practices such as minimal tilling and diverse cover crops.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
These practices include planting cover crops that can improve soil health and avoiding chemicals that degrade it.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 28 Jan. 2025
Sustainable farming practices, such as planting cover crops or reducing fertilizer use, will also prevent nutrient runoff from feeding the algal blooms, as would reducing the amount of land that’s covered in concrete and installing more green infrastructure that absorbs rainwater.
—Diana Kruzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
The property is committed to fostering biodiversity and nurturing healthy soils through practices such as minimal tilling and diverse cover crops.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
These practices include planting cover crops that can improve soil health and avoiding chemicals that degrade it.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 28 Jan. 2025
Sustainable farming practices, such as planting cover crops or reducing fertilizer use, will also prevent nutrient runoff from feeding the algal blooms, as would reducing the amount of land that’s covered in concrete and installing more green infrastructure that absorbs rainwater.
—Diana Kruzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Cover crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover%20crop. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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