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Colorado Meeting Addresses Climate Change’s Impact on Agricultural Production
Farmers and ranchers across the United States and throughout the world are already experiencing the repercussions of changing weather and climate. The impacts are particularly felt in the American...
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Farm and Food News Update 7/23/10
A report released this week from the Natural Resources Defense Council warns that more than one-third of counties in the United States face water shortages due to climate change. The greatest risks...
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Despite Missed Opportunity by Senate, Much Work Left to Help Environment and...
The news of the recent Senate dismissal of negotiations on clean energy and climate change is a decision that will be felt, if not heard, round the world. The failure to move forward with the viable...
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Farm and Food News Update 7/30/10
A new report released last week by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change concluded that federal climate change legislation that includes farmers and ranchers will benefit agriculture economically and...
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US Agriculture Needs the Renewable Energy Standard
With the Senate considering energy legislation this week, Congress must seize this chance to pass a strong national Renewable Energy Standard (RES). An RES is a regulation that requires the increased...
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Reinventing Agricultural Conservation in California – Focus on Farmland
Last year, TIME Magazine ran a cover story that called California “an apocalyptic mess … dysfunctional … broke.” Then it concluded, “It is still the dream state … the greenest and most diverse … the...
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A New Vision for California Agriculture
As a California rancher, I know first hand the innumerable challenges facing individual producers and the California agricultural industry: water, regulations, labor, invasive species, urbanization,...
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Farm and Food News 2/11/11
American Farmland Trust President Jon Scholl Discusses Fiscally Sound Conservation for a Brighter Future By expanding conservation and environmentally responsible practices, farmers can realize...
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Farm and Food News 3/18/11
From the Nation’s Capitol A USDA report released Tuesday shows that voluntary incentive-based efforts by farmers in the Chesapeake Bay watershed have helped in reducing runoff. Still, the report...
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Farm and Food News 10/7/11
Devoted Pennsylvania farmer honored American Farmland Trust honored Bob Ambrose with the Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Local Hero Award this week. Bob and his wife run a 130-acre farm and are...
View ArticleBand Plays Environmentally-Friendly Tune with Help of Farmers
While others debate how to reduce carbon emissions, students at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, are calculating the carbon footprint of their activities, then paying local farmers to offset those...
View ArticleFarm Policy Roundup: Federal Policy Development for Conservation
Readers of this column know that AFT played a major role in the 2014 Farm Bill. Our work helped to safeguard the largest federal investment in private lands conservation. Mandatory Conservation Funding...
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