Added by Karrah Kwasnik • Last updated November 23, 2019
In Vermont, at Intervale Community Farm, farmers are using green manure and cover crops, and seeding density to build soil fertility and increase resiliency. In their 27 years of operation, they've learned to adapt to periodic floods from the Winooski River by careful decisions about where their short-rotation and long-season crops are placed. Farmer Andy Jones says that, even in the flood plain, "irrigation is critical."