Remove Biofuel Remove Industrial Agriculture Remove Manure
article thumbnail

Can Biden’s climate-smart agriculture program live up to the hype?

Food Environment and Reporting Network

These practices include reducing or eliminating tilling of soil, planting “cover crops” that grow during the off-season and are not harvested, improving how farmers use fertilizer and manure, and planting trees. Agriculture has just not been at the table in a meaningful way,” says Thomas. It also reduces runoff and evaporation.