Crop Rotation and Managed Grazing
![This is a photo of corn crop alternating with soybean crop.](/sites/default/files/media/images/crop-rotation1160.jpg)
Gevan Behnke, University of Illinois
Rotating food crops grown on farmland with cover crops can help move carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere to soil. This has the added benefit of making soils richer and able to hold the water and nutrients that plants need to grow.