In honor of Earth Day on April 22, we are highlighting four ways that farmer’s efforts help the environment.

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Cover Crops

Designed to suppress weeds, build more productive soil and help control pests and diseases, cover crops might be the hardest-working plants that a farmer can grow. Cover crops help to slow erosion, increase organic matter and have been shown to increase crop yields, which help farmers grow more food and feed more people. Popular cover crops include various types of legumes, oats and barley.

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NC Field and Family Winter 2023-24 cover

Flip through the pages of the fall 2023 edition of North Carolina Field and Family magazine. In this issue, you’ll read about how Meredith Bernard uses This Farm Wife blog to share her farm story, the new NC State Plant Sciences Building provides infrastructure for ag research, on-farm events welcome visitors to enjoy a slice of rural life and discover 7 reasons to plan a fall trip to Fayetteville, North Carolina. Plus dive into plenty of peanut recipes, Sheri Castle’s recipe for Cormmeal-Crusted Trout with Creamed Corn and Tomato Relish and more.

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