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Tooled up to teach agroforestry

Classical music in Oxford provides tools for farmers switching to regenerative agriculture by holding a fundraiser.

Supporting agro-ecologists Daniel and Carol, who started cultivating food on a degraded pasture, despite their neighbour Zé thinking they were crazy.

As land degraded by cattle farming is virtually useless for producing crops - at least, that's the case for conventional farming.

Agroforestry is different, mimicking nature by planting many species together rather than just one species in a monoculture. Each plant adds something to the soil, which helps the land to recover.

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