Andrea Basche

Former contributor

August 10, 2017

Floods, Droughts, and Soil: The Movie (or, Why I Destroyed a Small City for Page Views)

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

USDA-SARE/Edwin Remsberg

August 9, 2017

How Healthier Soils Help Farms and Communities Downstream Deal with Floods and Droughts

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

USDA-ARS/Scott Bauer

July 12, 2017

Northern Plains Drought Shows (Again) that Failing to Plan for Disasters = Planning to Fail

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

National Agroforestry Center

April 26, 2017

Arbor Day and Agroforestry: Green Infrastructure for Agriculture

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

Photo: Iowa State University/Lisa Schulte Moore

April 17, 2017

Sustainable Agriculture on the Chopping Block in Iowa

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

March 17, 2017

Cover Crop Challenges: A Reminder That In Agriculture, Even Small Changes Can Be Hard

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

Green Cover Seed

March 3, 2017

What We Need Are Farms That Support Farmers, Consumers AND the Environment

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

February 13, 2017

Love Local Food? Here’s a Promising Way to Protect the Local Land that Grows It

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

A view of the Sacramento River after multiple days of heavy rain in early January 2017. Source: James Daisa/Flickr Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License.

January 25, 2017

California Floods Remind Us To Make Agricultural Water Conservation a Top Priority

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

December 5, 2016

On World Soils Day, Five Fun Facts About the Underdog of Natural Resources

Andrea Basche
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Roberta/CC BY 2.0, Flickr

November 18, 2016

The Second Worst Flooding in Iowa History That You Probably Didn’t Read About

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

November 10, 2016

We Can Help Veterans, Bolster an Aging Agricultural Workforce, and Reduce Food Insecurity. Here’s How.

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

Empty water hole caused by drought.

Photo: Cynthia Mendoza, USDA/CC-BY-2.0, Flickr

October 11, 2016

Preparing for Severe Climate Events: a Q+A with Drought Experts

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

August 10, 2016

Why the Loss of Grasslands Is a Troubling Trend for Agriculture, in 11 Maps and Graphs

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

August 1, 2016

Good News and Bad News on This Year's Dead Zone Measurement

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

July 14, 2016

Where Your Brews Come From: A Deeper Dive into Barley for Beer

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

Map of the US highlighting the hypoxic "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico and the watershed that feeds it. Photo: NOAA

June 10, 2016

There’s Nothing Average About This Year’s Dead Zone Forecast

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

May 26, 2016

Your Memorial Day Beer Choice Can Support Sustainable Farmers and Local Economies

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

May 18, 2016

Four Things to Think About When Heavy Spring Rains Fall

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

May 12, 2016

Soils to Reverse Climate Change: “Carbon Farming” and the Untapped Potential in Ecological Approaches

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

May 11, 2016

Soils to Reverse Climate Change: What Do We Know about “Carbon Farming” Practices?

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

March 31, 2016

Is Soil a Secret Weapon? On Agriculture and Climate Adaptation

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

March 30, 2016

There’s Plenty of Room to Grow for Women and Women of Color in Agriculture

Andrea Basche
Former contributor