> And our new forests tend to be more monocrop than the woodlands of old. This is a huge problem. When "reforesting", all too often the effort is just plantin

> And our new forests tend to be more monocrop than the woodlands of old. This is a huge problem. When "reforesting", all too often the effort is just planting rows of evenly spaced out pine trees. Pine needles are decidedly less edible than soft leaves, and the piles of needles on the ground don't exactly provide a good environment for smaller plants to grow and certainly aren't a good home for insects. People are essentially planting green deserts.