Cherries and Cows...
In 1946, cows seem to have found their place among the neatly aligned rows of this Belgian orchard. This photograph, taken from Edmond Van Cauwenberghe’s work Cherries: Standardization and Cultivation, illustrates—long before the term became widespread—the principles of agroforestry: fruit trees for production, and animals to maintain and fertilize the soil. A natural coexistence that, nearly eighty years later, continues to inspire resilient agricultural systems.
A cherry orchard in Saint-Trond (Belgium). Photograph from the book Cherries: Standardization and Cultivation (« Les cerises : standardisation et culture », in French) (1946) by Edmond Van Cauwenberghe.
