This sounds very similar in spirit if not practice to what David the Good called “Machete Gardening” in a podcast earlier this year. It is very near to what we’re trying to lean towards on our property as well.
I’ve heard @ShaneS talk several times about the benefits of optimizing for maximum photosynthesis. This also seems aligned with the approach you describe. I can’t claim to understand the reasoning behind it, but intuitively my inclination towards minimizing interference and polyculture (influenced by indigenous land management and the arguably modern offshoots of permaculture and regenerative agriculture) seems to have been leading us in this direction