Cover crop

Cover crops are plants that are primarily planted not to be harvested for food but to control soil erosion or weeds and improving soil quality. They are usually ploughed or tilled under before the next food crop is planted, in which cases the 'cover crop' is used as a soil amendment and is synonymous with 'green manure crop'.

Authoritative On-line References and Resources

http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/covercrop.html

Description of Resource

ATTRA is the US National Centre for Appropriate Technology's Sustainable Agriculture Information Center.

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