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These practices include planting cover crops that can improve soil health and avoiding chemicals that degrade it.
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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
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), planting cover crops provides multiple benefits, including controlling erosion.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Other adaptive agricultural practices being applied in southern Europe include regenerative farming techniques such as using cover crops, maintaining living roots, composting, carbon sequestration and more.
—Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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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
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), planting cover crops provides multiple benefits, including controlling erosion.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Other adaptive agricultural practices being applied in southern Europe include regenerative farming techniques such as using cover crops, maintaining living roots, composting, carbon sequestration and more.
—Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Cover crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover%20crop. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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