# Farms That Create Habitat Key to Food Security and Biodiversity  ## Metadata - Author: [[Elana Kimbrell]] - Full Title: Farms That Create Habitat Key to Food Security and Biodiversity - Category: #articles - Date: 2023-09-06 - URL: https://news.stanford.edu/2023/09/04/farming-food-biodiversity/ - [x] #toFile ➕ 2023-09-06 ✅ 2023-09-07 - [x] #toProcess ➕ 2023-09-06 ✅ 2023-09-07 ## Highlights added 2023-09-06 - Diversified farming is an important complement to forest protections for reversing tropical biodiversity declines. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h9jm7r2h7q450gnjzjefdasd)) - Note: [[Biodiversity]] [[Ecology]] - Daily also noted that, in terms of food production, diversified farms are not necessarily lower yielding than intensive agriculture. “This is a recent assumption that is being overturned,” she said. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h9jm9tsnrft3rrj9ggam55vf)) - “People, including scientists, had the idea that farmland would not support a meaningful amount of biodiversity,” said Daily. In this case, not only are diversified farms themselves providing habitat, they connect otherwise fragmented forested areas. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h9jma79hcmncgde3ch0bhtdg)) - The forests are key – we need them, of course. But in addition to that, I’m always surprised by how important *how* you manage a farm is for biodiversity.” ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h9jmajs1e98v14d2ebcz9xtm)) - Note: This sounds like something I totally would want to work in! [[Regenerative Grazing]]