The subcutaneous layer, or hypodermis, is the deepest layer of skin tissue. It consists mostly of fat and keeps the body warm.

Food forests act like a forest of trees with layers of crops from a canopy of fruit trees down to root crops like sweet potatoes.

The stratum lucidum is a separate layer only in the thicker epidermis on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. In thinner areas, its cells and functions are incorporated into other layers.

Utilizing multiple layers of vegetation, food forests maximize the use of vertical space, leading to higher yields in a smaller area compared with traditional gardens.

Food forests, or edible forest gardens, are a type of agroforestry system that “mimic the structure and function of a natural forest ecosystem, but are designed to produce food, medicine, fiber ...

Students could create a fact-file of the different layers of the forest, looking at the specific plants, insects and animals that can be found in each layer.

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