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NSAC Heads to the Rockies – A Summer Meeting Recap

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

At more than 5,000 feet above sea level and with its endless opportunities for outdoor adventure and good food, Boulder was the perfect backdrop to get down to coalition business. She discussed some of the challenges in her district and elsewhere as it becomes increasingly difficult to produce good food. As a pediatrician, Rep.

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The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Implications for Agriculture

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

from Chapter 11 of the Fifth National Climate Assessment The agriculture chapter notes that all dimensions of food security will be affected by climate change and that crop insurance costs have already risen in response to increased losses. the Osage Nation’s community orchard. the Osage Nation’s community orchard.

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In California, a native people fight to recover their stolen waters

Food Environment and Reporting Network

His strategy, he believed, would help the Nüümü win back their water in one clever move—and upend California’s arcane and inequitable water rights system along the way. For the Nüümü, the water war started in the 1800s, with the arrival of white people in their homeland.

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JD Vance Funded AcreTrader. Here’s Why That Matters.

Civil Eats

Its current offerings include 83 acres of almond trees in the San Joaquin Valley, advertised as “an opportunity to invest in a water-secure almond orchard in the world’s most productive almond-producing region.” food system.

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