fields and meadows: nature's bounty and biodiversity sanctuaries

animal areas balance birds bodies bounty carefully characterized contributing corn crops crucial cultivated ecosystem employ essential farmers feeding fertility flowers food grasses grasslands grounds grow habitats hand human including insects life like low-lying maintain man-made managed maximize meadows medows natural nature's numerous organized patterns plant play production provide providing resources resting roles rows sanctuaries shrubs small spaces species summary support techniques vegetables vital water wheat wildlife yield