Farm Facts: Cover Crops
Cover crops are a sustainable, environmentally-friendly practice farmers use to improve their soil quality, protect their ground throughout winter, prevent erosion and more.
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When driving through rural North Carolina in the winter, you might notice some fields are unseasonably green, well more often than not, those are cover crops.

Cover crops are a sustainable, environmentally-friendly practice farmers use to improve their soil quality, protect their ground throughout winter, prevent erosion and more. Learn more about cover crops with these farm facts.

Planting cover crops and letting them decompose on the ground adds nutrients and organic matter to the soil naturally.
See more: What is Sustainable Agriculture?
