Could Cover Crops Help Fight Global Food Insecurity?

By Emily Folk, Resilience.org

The use of cover crops allows farmers to protect their soil before and after they harvest annual crops so that the ground is always covered. Cover crops are a sustainable technique, as they build healthy soil and conserve water, but could they help fight food insecurity?

One Lonely Little Red Clover Plant

By Gene Logsdon, The Contrary Farmer

Red clover is resilient if it is anything.

Edible Ecosystems

By Courtney White, Carbon Pilgrim

Here are condensed versions of two profiles in my upcoming book Grass, Soil, Hope that feature the regenerative practices at the nexus between food and nature.