The real grass turf field at Michigan State is ... that doesn’t depict a typical agricultural research farm. The lush green fields are what you’d see at a golf course. And those fields provide ...

Better still; the clumpy grass can also be inter-cropped with coffee, fruit trees and other perennial crops. It can also be planted as a hedge around the farm or even in rows across the field ...

He and his wife, Sonia Rodriguez — a community activist long involved in the grass ... showed farm workers to be essential ...