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Federal Climate Policy: Agriculture Resilience Act Re-Introduced

CalCAN

Farming is also an important contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Side by side with that loss of diversity was a long growth in greenhouse gas emissions that has only recently begun to be addressed. public, across party lines, is concerned about the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food production.

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

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Department of Agriculture (USDA) program, this amalgam of farming methods aims to keep the American agricultural juggernaut steaming ahead while slashing the sector’s immense greenhouse gas footprint. Others say science has yet to prove that climate-smart practices truly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. “We

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A pillar of the climate-smart agriculture movement is on shaky ground

Food Environment and Reporting Network

New research suggests that cover crops may struggle to make a significant dent in agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions. And they raise the risk of additional acres being plowed up to compensate for the lower yields. But as the hype for cover crops mounts, so does the scrutiny. percent for corn and 3.5

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How food became a weapon in America’s culture war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

The food sector, top to bottom, generates nearly 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. And the meat industry alone, by some estimates, accounts for nearly 60 percent of all greenhouse gasses produced by the food system. Climate change, though, is where the game is really changing for meat. And on it went.

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