Just a brief update for any of you who are following us –

This season, the Circle fieldwork will focus on two projects. One will work with participating farmers to understand their little-used nooks and crannies. Where are these? What role do they already play in the farm’s functioning? What future role might they be able to play in the farm’s agroecology? Somewhat related to this, our second project will compare the flower abundance and bee life of intentional on-farm flower plantings with that of adjacent wilder edges or fallows sporting spontaneous flowers. What do the intentional plantings offer that the edges or fallows don’t and vice-versa?

We plan to return to active blog posting as our field season ramps up, so please stay tuned.