The Morning I Realized Trees Could Save My Neighbor’s Farm I’ll never forget watching Mark, my neighbor just down the road, standing at the edge of his pasture on a scorching July afternoon. His cattle huddled miserably in a distant corner, desperate for shade that simply didn’t exist. His water bill was skyrocketing. Soil erosion … Read more
Introduction: The Quiet Revolution Transforming Farms Worldwide Last spring, I visited a rural cooperative in the Midwest where something remarkable was happening beneath the surface—quite literally. A decade ago, these farmers were locked into conventional monoculture: corn one year, soybeans the next, chemical inputs keeping the cycle turning. Today, scattered throughout their fields are … Read more
Introduction Five years ago, I walked through a farm that looked defeated. The soil was compacted, pale, and lifeless—the kind of ground that resists your shovel. The farmer had been pumping money into chemical fertilizers for a decade with diminishing returns. Then, he decided to try something radical: agroforestry soil fertility practices. Today, that same … Read more