Fil: Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Sede Andina; Argentina.Fil: Gemmill Herren, Barbara. World Agroforestry Centre; Kenya.Fil: D’Annolfo, Raffaele. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; Italia.Fil: Graeub, Benjamin E. Biovision Foundation for Ecological Development y Ricolab; Suiza.Fil: Cunningham, Saul A. Australian National University; Australia.Fil: Breeze, Thomas D. University of Reading; UK.Fil: Garibaldi, Lucas Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Argentina.The letter by Mehrabi et al. [1] provides interesting insights regarding the scientific framework and attitudes needed to support farming approaches for greater biodiversity, livelihoods, and food security. In general, we do not see a dichotomy between our point of view [2] and that put forward by Mehrabi et al. [1]. We share their view that the different farming systems we have described do not form distinct, non-overlapping categories. We do not seek to promote a binary choice between conventional and alternative farming.