"Prairie strips" ...

... are narrow little parts of big farms that the farmers allow to return to nature ...

... with wild native plants growing there, and no fertilizer or pesticides

Turns out these little strips of rewilding have a powerful and postive impact on the health of the surrounding soil

Item #13 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe to here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-25-the-third-thumb-prairie-strips-and/