The USDA Wants to Make Farms Climate-Friendly. Will It Work?
What if all it took to make a dent in agriculture’s contribution to climate change was to pay farmers not to farm?
The Food System’s Carbon Footprint Has Been Vastly Underestimated
As drought, heatwaves, and hurricanes ramp up for the summer, and the United Nations’ Food Systems Summit draws near, a group of scientists and policy experts hope...
World’s Largest Producer of Potatoes Commits to 100 Percent Regenerative Agriculture by 2030
When McCain released its latest sustainability report, the company also committed to embracing regenerative agriculture. The world’s largest producer of frozen potato products - from waffle-cut fries...
Frozen Potato Giant McCain Commits to ‘Regenerative’ Agriculture
When the United Kingdom-based supermarket chain Morrisons announced it was aiming to shift all U.K. farm suppliers to net-zero, it made "regenerative agriculture" a central...
An enormous missing contribution to global warming may have been right under our feet
Long before the era of fossil fuels, humans may have triggered a massive but mysterious “carbon bomb” lurking beneath the Earth’s surface, a new scientific...
US propels vision of global farm tech solutions to climate change
The U.S. doesn’t just want to employ modern farming technology and practices to combat climate change. It wants to work with governments and the private...
Agriculture emits a ‘forgotten greenhouse gas.’ Scientists are looking for solutions in the soil
As nations and industries try to cut greenhouse gas emissions to tackle climate change, agricultural practices are in the spotlight. There’s good reason for that:...
New USDA report details climate-smart agriculture efforts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture this week published a 90-day progress report on climate-smart agriculture and forestry strategies. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack says the report...