Former UC Berkeley Lecturer and BFI affiliated faculty Liz Carlisle recently wrote an article for Civil Eats showcasing the advantages of diversified farming practices, such as crop rotation and intercropping. The article also highlights the research of Center for Diversified Farming Systems (CDFS) researcher David Gonthier, whose research goes beyond the benefits of crop diversity by examining the potential benefits of “phylogenetic diversity,” which entails growing an array of “distant genetic cousins” to plants.
Read the full Civil Eats article here.
Former UC Berkeley Lecturer and BFI affiliated faculty Liz Carlisle recently wrote an article for Civil Eats showcasing the advantages of diversified farming practices, such as crop rotation and intercropping. The article also highlights the research of Center for Diversified Farming Systems (CDFS) researcher David Gonthier, whose research goes beyond the benefits of crop diversity by examining the potential benefits of “phylogenetic diversity,” which entails growing an array of “distant genetic cousins” to plants.
