New article published in Science! [09.04.24]
The more diversified, the better!
Diversified fruit and vegetable farm in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Photo by Anne Elise Stratton.
Dr. Anne Elise Stratton is a co-author and data contributor to this great interdisciplinary effort, through which they found that diversified agriculture leads to win-wins for both social (yield, food security, wellbeing) and environmental outcomes (ecosystem services, biodiversity, reduced externalities), relative to simplified farming systems. The more diversified, the better!
News article here: U-M SEAS researcher co-authors global study that finds both people and environment benefit from diversified farming
Scientific article here: Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture
