Celebrating the groundbreaking of a natural infrastructure project to combat...
By Michelle LovejoyEnvironmental Defense Fund (EDF) joined North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) at a groundbreaking event today to celebrate the progress of a new and significant...
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By Guest AuthorThis op-ed was originally published in Hoard’s Dairyman. Since its initial publication, the financial uncertainty for farmers engaging in conservation practices has grown substantially....
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By Jennifer Chow Global leaders increasingly recognize that agriculture and food systems must be part of solutions to the climate crisis. From the first Food Systems Pavilion at a UN climate conference...
View ArticleNew Report: How high-quality carbon offsets can lower livestock methane...
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View ArticleClosing the enteric methane emissions innovation gap: A call for funding...
By Peri Rosenstein and Nicole Jenkins Methane emissions are a potent greenhouse gas, warming the climate more than 80 times faster than carbon dioxide on a 20-year timescale. Rapidly and significantly...
View ArticleGood manure management must involve ammonia emissions, too
By Mindi DePaola When it comes to livestock and environmental impacts, methane emission reductions are often top of mind — and for good reason. Lowering methane emissions from animal agriculture is one...
View ArticleRevisiting a centuries-old approach to farming that embraces water scarcity.
By afajardoanstineAs discussions at COP28 wrestle with climate impacts on global food and water security, we hear from a Hopi farmer on his thriving practice of dry farming and his hopes for shared...
View ArticleWater is a high-level priority at COP 28, we need to look to ground-level...
By Ann HaydenWater has finally reached the highest levels of global climate negotiations. The path to a sustainable freshwater future, however, lies with ground-level users. At COP 28, EDF is elevating...
View ArticleTrends to scale collective impact at the 2023 Sustainable Agriculture Summit...
By Maggie MonastEstablishing a cover crop during the cool season. In early December, the EDF climate-smart agriculture team will join hundreds of farmers, food and agriculture companies, university...
View ArticleLearning from shared scarcity: the Colorado River, the Yellow River and the...
By Brian JacksonThis blog is co-authored by Yiwei Gan. One of the largest rivers in the world struggles to reach the ocean. Spread across a huge slice of a continent, its basin supports millions. Yet...
View ArticleThe growing threat of heat for farmworkers
By Marika Jaeger Dangerous health effects and heat-related illnesses result when the body is unable to maintain a safe core temperature through measures like sweating. Symptoms range from mild effects...
View ArticleThe farm bill is a powerful opportunity for agricultural climate solutions
By Ben ThomasU.S. farmers, ranchers and foresters will need additional tools and resources to protect their land, keep growing food on a changing planet and contribute to national efforts to reduce...
View ArticleTakeaways from the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture
By Karly Kelso Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin, January 20, 2023 (BMEL/Photothek) Food systems transformation is increasingly getting traction globally, making the case that we...
View ArticleDanone commits to cut dairy methane emissions in partnership with farmers and...
By Katie AndersonEven if we completely eliminated fossil fuel emissions today, global food system emissions would cause us to exceed our 1.5 degree warming targets, unless they are slowed down. We...
View ArticleMajor banks are setting climate targets. What the agricultural finance sector...
By Vincent GauthierMany major banks have set targets to reduce financed greenhouse gas emissions in their loan portfolios to zero by 2050 (also known as net zero targets). They join a growing movement...
View ArticleFive ways U.S. agriculture can adapt to climate change
By Eileen McLellanFarmers have a long history of steadily increasing crop yields through technological innovation and improvements in management practices. However, as climate change makes weather more...
View ArticleHow will climate change affect U.S. crop yields?
By Kelly Suttles As the UN climate conference kicks off in Egypt, food and agriculture are central to negotiations for the first time. More severe droughts, warmer temperatures and heavier rainfall...
View ArticleWorld Food Day has come and gone, with food security still out of reach for...
By Tom GrassoEvery October, the global community comes together to celebrate the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization as World Food Day. Taking stock, it is plain to see...
View ArticleFarmers see value in agriculture loans that reward stewardship
By Maggie MonastIn January 2022, global farmer-to-farmer network and ag tech company Farmers Business Network®, launched a new rebate program for farm operating loans. The Regenerative Agriculture...
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