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Photo courtesy Jered Lawson
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Industrial agriculture has been widely recognized as a primary cause of the global biodiversity crisis. Fortunately, humankind has the knowledge and the ability to minimize the ecological footprint of agriculture. Indeed, if landscape-level conservation efforts are to be effective, we must increase the capacity of rural landscapes to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services. Farms with permeable borders can act as links through the landscape for wide-ranging pollinators and predators, and at the same time reap nature's ecosystem services. As consumers, we must also strengthen our commitment to support small-scale farmers who themselves support local and regional, ecologically sustainable food systems.
The Wild Farm Alliance provides a critical avenue for bridging the gap between conservationists and farmers. Given the ecological threats of industrial agriculture and the need for viable alternatives, farming with the wild is an important complement to existing efforts to protect biodiversity. Wild farms also provide an innovative, value-added niche to help increase the profitability of stewardship farmers struggling to stay in business. Finally, the Wild Farm Alliance presents an invaluable opportunity to reconnect our food system with the ecosystem.
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