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How farmland is used today will determine the quality and quantity of food produced in the future. It also will influence the future health of soil, water and air quality. "Long before we run out of the agricultural land we need to feed us, we’ll run out of the agricultural land we need to heal the planet," notes John Piotti, president of American Farmland Trust (AFT).
AFT's research shows that by applying just two regenerative practices on cropland, such as cover crops and crop rotation, for example, agriculture can reduce the equivalent of 87% of all greenhouse gases
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