By Michael Happ, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
We have a chance to change the game when it comes to climate, conservation and jobs in rural America. These changes won’t solve every problem, but they can be an important step forward.
By Art Cullen, The Guardian blog
The derecho is yet another destructive reminder that heat leading to extreme storms will destroy our very food sources if we don’t face the climate crisis now.
By Sustainable Food Trust Staff, Sustainable Food Trust
There are passionate and engaged people across America who are desperately working to keep us within the two-degree Celsius limit. In light of that division, we wanted to talk to farmers across the US to understand how they view climate change and what steps (if any) they were taking to address it.
By Peter Crosskey, Sustainable Food Trust
In 2014, the French government recruited cross-party support to pass a new law for agriculture, food and forestry driven by a new-found commitment to agroecology.
By CUESA Staff, CUESA
A new California law just signed by Governor Jerry Brown might take some of the risk out of the equation for urban farmers by making longer-term leases an appealing proposition for landowners.
By Brent Blackwelder, The Daly News
A paradigm shift is underway in our nation’s approach to food and agriculture.