STRIPS, the project.

STRIPS stands for Science-based Trials of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips. The multi-institutional project is composed of scientists, educators, extension specialists, and farmer collaborators with a shared interest to investigate prairie strips as a farmland conservation practice. The STRIPS team strives to more fully understand the assembly, management, function, and value of prairie strips; to communicate our results to diverse audiences; and to assist others with the implementation of prairie strips on farm fields.

Prairie strips, the practice.

Prairie strips is a farmland conservation practice. Integrating small amounts of prairie into strategic locations of a farm can yield disproportionate benefits for soil, water, and biodiversity. Prairie is expected to provide these benefits to a greater degree than other perennial vegetation types because of the diversity of native plant species incorporated, their deep and multilayered root systems and their stiff stems that hold up in a driving rain. STRIPS research also shows that prairie strips may be one of the most affordable and environmentally beneficial agricultural conservation practice available.

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