sustainabkle agriculture

Profits from Perennials

September 28, 2010
Brian DeVore
Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Water
biodiversity, Chippewa 10%, grass, grazing, Gulf dead zone, local foods, Minnesota River, Mississippi River, perennial farming systems, perennials, runoff, sediment, sustainabkle agriculture, Troubled Waters, working lands conservation

One bright spot in the dust-up over the showing of the film Troubled Waters is that it highlights an important water quality issue: we need more perennial plant cover on the land…