Today I am speaking with a farmer focused on adding ecology back into production fields, including the use of native perennial hedgerows.

References:

Garibaldi, L. A., Carvalheiro, L. G., Leonhardt, S. D., Aizen, M. A., Blaauw, B. R., Isaacs, R., Kuhlmann, M., Kleijn, D., Klein, A. M., Kremen, C., Morandin, L., Scheper, J., & Winfree, R. (2014). From research to action: Enhancing crop yield through wild pollinators. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 12(8), 439–447. https://doi.org/10.1890/130330

M’Gonigle, L. K., Ponisio, L. C., Cutler, K., & Kremen, C. (2015). Habitat restoration promotes pollinator persistence and colonization in intensively managed agriculture. Ecological Applications, 25(6), 1557–1565. https://doi.org/10.1890/14-1863.1