Sarah Derouin

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Sarah Derouin is a freelance science writer who lives in Michigan. Follow her on Twitter at @Sarah_Derouin.

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Harvested American ginseng.

As US agroforestry grows, federal funding freeze leaves farmers in the lurch

Sarah Derouin 1 Apr 2025

Cows in a farm with trees.

New U.S. agroforestry project will pay farmers to expand ‘climate-smart’ acres

Sarah Derouin 25 Mar 2024

Wine bottles in a vineyard.

Some hemp with your wine? Study shows better soil, potentially flavors from intercropping

Sarah Derouin 19 Dec 2023

A U.S. agroforestry based farm shows rows of perennial shrubs and trees with annual crops growing between. Photo courtesy of the Savanna Institute.

‘One of our greatest climate solutions’: Q&A with the U.S. National Agroforestry Center’s new director

Sarah Derouin 19 Jan 2023

Scientists look to wheatgrass to save dryland farming and capture carbon

Sarah Derouin 18 Aug 2021

New report provides road map for expanding chestnut agroforestry in the U.S.

Sarah Derouin 30 Jul 2021

In Pennsylvania, agroforestry holds a key to cleaning up waterways and Chesapeake Bay

Sarah Derouin 27 May 2021

Nuts about agroforestry in the U.S. Midwest: Can hazelnuts transform farming?

Sarah Derouin 28 Apr 2021

Getting hands-on with pollination can boost cocoa yields, study shows

Sarah Derouin 8 Mar 2021

The beloved Hawaiian honeycreeper birds are at risk of extinction from avian malaria

Sarah Derouin 18 Nov 2016

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

Inside the human-bear conflict in northern India

An excavator and a gold washing station at the Alangong-Bamegod-Inès mine site in the Sangha. This equipment is typical of semi-industrial gold mining, while the water for the washing station is drawn from surrounding streams, raising concerns about contamination. Image by Elodie Toto for Mongabay.

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