Hedges are crucial to encouraging biodiversity on farms, but that's not all. Here are some of the other benefits we get from hedges: 1) They serve as a windbreak so crops can focus on flower and fruit production instead of fighting the wind. 2) They create unique habitats and corridors for insects, pollinators and other wildlife - the edge of two ecosystems (forest and field) is where you'll find the most diversity of plants and animals. 3) They increases carbon storage in bi