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The Advantages of an edible wild plant hedge from the natural, low-maintenance food forest garden

Wild fruits have long been discovered by star chefs and gourmets for their excellent aroma. Once from grandmother’s pantry shelf, rosehip, elderberry & co. have become indispensable products for top gastronomy.

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Agroforestry – traditional systems with future potential

As the term suggests, agroforestry involves establishing trees and other woody perennial plants on an agricultural area to take advantage of the positive interactions between the two components. Here, the area under the trees can be used either for horticultural and arable crops (silvoarable system) or as pasture (silvopastoral system).