As farmers and stewards of the land, we must center our understanding of growing food based on the ecology around us. In this episode, we're discussing the ways you can use some basic understanding of ecology to understand both the history of the landscape in terms of activities such as previous farming as well as the site's unique characteristics as told by indicator species. 
 
Sources:
Tom Wessels "Reading the Forested Landscape"
May Watts "Reading the Landscape of America"