Agroforestry in Suffolk, UK AGFORWARD project/Permaculture Association CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
England鈥檚 landscape of wide-open fields may look different in years to come. Most farmers managing some of the country鈥檚 most lucrative agricultural land say they would be willing to plant rows of trees alongside their crops, in a shift that could help the UK meet its net-zero goal.
The UK鈥檚 Climate Change Committee, which advises the government, this way of increasing tree cover while maintaining arable land for food production, known as agroforesty, could remove 6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere…
