Diversification can help farmers improve their bottom line and address climate change, according to Solutions from the Land President Ernie Shea.
“We really need to be revisiting how we manage risk,” he says. “Part of that is diversifying opportunities on farms to produce more than just singular commodity crops and thinking about ways that we can prepare for the shocking conditions that are becoming more common place.”
He tells Brownfield farmers should consider market opportunities to help manage risk.