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New Research Confirms What We Eat Is Central to the Climate Crisis
Civil Eats discusses New Research Confirms What We Eat Is Central to the Climate Crisis. A decade after writing a book about agriculture’s connection to climate change, Anna Lappé interviews the author of a new study that confirms we can’t bring down emissions without addressing the food system.
A new study published in Science offers […]
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An Unlikely Alliance of Farm and Environmental Groups Takes on Climate Change
Inside Climate News discusses An Unlikely Alliance of Farm and Environmental Groups Takes on Climate Change. The new group will try to advance climate policies, even as some of its members are likely to clash. Critics say the group’s efforts won’t go far enough.
The American Farm Bureau Federation, the […]
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Can Biden Keep His Promise to Make Farms Climate Friendly?
New Republic discusses Can Biden Keep His Promise to Make Farms Climate Friendly? The president-elect will have to overcome major obstacles, including some of his own advisers and campaign proposals.
Last month, when asked on Pod Save America to name three or four things atop his first-term agenda, Joe Biden mentioned a surprising […]
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How animal agriculture could contribute to pandemics — and solutions to prevent it
KXAN discusses How animal agriculture could contribute to pandemics — and solutions to prevent it.
The warning signs of the harm the food industry has the potential to cause were apparent long before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a University of Texas at Austin researcher. And he wouldn’t blame organizations that […]
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Study: Cutting Greenhouse Gases From Food Production Is Urgent, Scientists Sa
The New York Times discusses why Cutting Greenhouse Gases From Food Production Is Urgent, Scientists Say. Efforts to limit global warming often focus on emissions from fossil fuels, but food is crucial, too, according to new research.
Rising greenhouse gas emissions from worldwide food production will make it extremely […]
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Flooded out, hungry South Sudan farmers race to plant fresh crops
Reuters discusses Flooded out, hungry South Sudan farmers race to plant fresh crops.
After the worst rains in living memory inundated her fields, South Sudan farmer Alexandra Karama is, like hundreds of thousands of her compatriots, staring hunger in the face.
Her smallholding is located outside the western […]
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Report: Balancing nitrogen between food production and climate change
The Hill discusses Balancing nitrogen between food production and climate change.
Soil health and its pivotal role in growing food has recently met with the need to address another global challenge: climate change.
Providing food is a major source of greenhouse gases, emitting almost 40 percent as […]
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Environmentalists urge halt to decree that would allow herbicide, GM corn
Mexico News Daily discusses why Environmentalists urge halt to decree that would allow herbicide, GM corn. They say it would violate president’s campaign promises.
More than 200 activists and environmental and sustainable agriculture organizations have written to President López Obrador to urge him to cancel a plan that they say will open […]
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Luis Magaña Has Spent 20 Years Advocating for Farmworkers, But He’s Never Seen Anything Like This
Inside Climate News discusses Luis Magaña Has Spent 20 Years Advocating for Farmworkers, But He’s Never Seen Anything Like This. The Covid-19 pandemic and the megafires have made it clear to him: Farmworkers need much better protections.
The hardest harvest season Luis Magaña has known in half a century in […]
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EPA documents show dicamba damage worse than previously thought
Investigate Midwest discusses how EPA documents show dicamba damage worse than previously thought.
Despite reinstating the controversial pesticide dicamba this week, the Environmental Protection Agency’s own data shows that the damage from the weed killer was worse than previously known.
The pesticide harmed tens of thousands of farmers, overwhelmed state agriculture […]
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