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Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

Civil Eats

MAY 6, 2024

First of all, farmland reduces mammals’ natural habitats and diminishes their ability to find shelter as well as food and prey, explained Koen Kuipers, a researcher at Radboud University in the Netherlands. Runoff from U.S. farms is also a main source of pollution for rivers, lakes, and wetlands.

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Farming Farming Pesticide Agriculture

How Crop Insurance Prevents Some Farmers From Adapting to Climate Change

Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

He planted wheat and other grains directly into the meadows and relied solely on rainfall for much of his acreage. In Grotegut’s case, wheat grown in grasslands is certified as “mixed-species forage” by the USDA’s Farm Service Agency. It soon proved worth it. Water runs right off dry soil, but healthy soil is absorbent.

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Crop Yield Farming Farming

Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

How Crop Insurance Prevents Some Farmers From Adapting to Climate Change

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