than transitioning to something like alley cropping.” The study, “Mapping the social-ecological suitability of agroforestry in the US Midwest,” is published in Environmental Research Letters.

Agroforestry, on average, stores markedly more carbon than agriculture, researchers found. Here, alley cropping walnut and soybeans is shown in Missouri. In the United States, agroforestry is ...

Agroforestry, the ancient agricultural system of integrating trees and shrubs with crops and livestock, has seen a revival in ...