: a crop planted to prevent soil erosion and to provide humus
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One effective way to build soil health and organic matter is with cover crops.—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025 The property is committed to fostering biodiversity and nurturing healthy soils through practices such as minimal tilling and diverse cover crops.—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 These practices include planting cover crops that can improve soil health and avoiding chemicals that degrade it.—Benji Jones, Vox, 28 Jan. 2025 Sustainable farming practices, such as planting cover crops or reducing fertilizer use, will also prevent nutrient runoff from feeding the algal blooms, as would reducing the amount of land that’s covered in concrete and installing more green infrastructure that absorbs rainwater.—Diana Kruzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cover crop
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