Climate

A hand holding healthy soil from a regenerative agriculture operation. Gonna trade those carbon credits on the carbon market...

Are Carbon Markets for Farmers Worth the Hype?

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09.24.20

A farmer walks among trees on the healthy soil at his farm. Photo courtesy of Kiss the Ground.

New Soil Documentary Promises a Powerful Solution to the Growing Effects of Climate Change

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09.22.20

joe biden speaking about climate change and agriculture. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

In a Year of Climate Reckoning, Where Does Joe Biden Stand on Climate and Agriculture?

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09.21.20

Rollen Chalmers prepping the Wormsloe site. (Photo credit: Sarah Ross)

How a South Carolina Farmer Is Adapting an Heirloom Rice to Withstand Climate Change

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09.16.20

A woman tending her small agroecology plot of land. Photo courtesy of WhyHunger

The People’s Agroecology Process Brings a Global Lens to U.S. Food Justice Work

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09.10.20

Grain bins damaged by the derecho storm in are shown at the Heartland Co-Op grain elevator on August 11, 2020 in Luther, Iowa.

Iowa Farmers Face Climate-Fueled Destruction, While the Industry Says it’s ‘Just Weather’

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09.09.20

Tom Philpott and the cover of his new book, Perilous Bounty. Author photo © Gabriel C. Pérez.

Tom Philpott Predicts the End of Farming as We Know It

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08.27.20

A barn at Pie Ranch in Pescadero has burned down during the 2020 California wildfires. (Photo credit: Nancy Vail)

Wildfires Across Northern California Devastate Farmers and Farmland

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08.24.20

a field of perennial vegetables, including artichokes, growing in france.

Perennial Vegetables Are a Solution in the Fight Against Hunger and Climate Change

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08.19.20

Caney Fork Farm agroforestry profitable

Agroforestry Is Both Climate Friendly and Profitable

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07.24.20

Amanda Provencher calls herself a perpetual optimist but can’t help but worry about water.

Maine Farmers Struggle with New, Harsher Climate Reality

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07.22.20

An overhead view of the Detroit urban farm study on week five. (Photo courtesy of Naim Edwards)

Could a Detroit Experiment Unleash the Power of Urban Soil?

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07.16.20

A still from the Burger King ad about reducing their cows' methane emissions

Op-ed: Burger King’s New ‘Reduced Methane’ Beef May Be All Hat, No Cattle

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07.16.20

Dr Rattan Lal holding a cup of grain. Photo courtesy of the World Food Prize.

The World Food Prize Winner Says Soil Should Have Rights

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07.15.20

organic farm researcher testing soil health

Food Companies Step Up Funding for Organic Farming Research

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07.13.20

Vietnamese immigrant urban farmer Tham Nguyen tends vegetables at VEGGI co-op farm. Photo by Sarah Sax.

A Vietnamese Farmers’ Cooperative in New Orleans Offers a Lesson in Resilience

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05.01.20

The Riverview Dairy Digester in Pixley, California. It receives manure from roughly 3,000 milk cows, plus replacement stock. (Photo courtesy of Maas Energy Works)

Are Dairy Digesters the Renewable Energy Answer or a ‘False Solution’ to Climate Change?

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04.24.20

rice paddy flooded. Photo CC-licensed by Phil Hendley.

Could Changing the Way We Farm Rice Be a Climate Solution?

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04.23.20