An overhead photo of a farm field, showing a thin strip of wild flowers and tall grasses and weeds stretching off away from us and towards the horizon. On the left and right of the strip are, in contrast, rows of neatly planted crops

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   Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Oct-2024 00:44:32 JST Clive Thompson

   "Prairie strips" ...

   ... are narrow little parts of big farms that the farmers allow to return to nature ...

   ... with wild native plants growing there, and no fertilizer or pesticides

   Turns out these little strips of rewilding have a powerful and postive impact on the health of the surrounding soil

   Item #13 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe to here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-25-the-third-thumb-prairie-strips-and/