Conventional European farming tends to favour large, open fields with few trees to get in the way of growing crops. But the Farm LIFE project believes mixing woodlands into the agricultural landscape could be a vital part of climate-proofing Europe’s farming sector.
‘Our project set out to revolutionise European farming by integrating agroforestry systems into the agricultural landscape,’ says Eurídice Leyequién, coordinator of the project and professor of management of forested landscapes at Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. ‘Our innovative approach to farming involves growing a mix of trees and shrubs with crops and even…