Strip farming

One of the project i am looking at involves strip farming ( no not farming where the farmer takes his cloths off in the fields). Strip cropping helps to stop soil erosion by creating natural dams for water, helping to preserve the strength of the soil. Certain layers of plants will absorb minerals and water from the soil more effectively than others. When water reaches the weaker soil that lacks the minerals needed to make it stronger, it normally washes it away. When strips of soil are strong enough to slow down water from moving through them, the weaker soil can't wash away like it normally would. Because of this, farmland stays fertile much longer.

And i just so happen to come across this field just out side our village, and thought it would make a good blip :-)