agriculture

Megan Thomas/Unsplash

May 13, 2025

What Is a Just Land Transition?

Amanda Fencl
Director of Climate Science, Climate and Energy

aerial photo looking down on a green tractor pulling fertilization equipment through a cornfield. The tractor's path has left a pattern of intersecting lines in the dirt.

Jacob Tosch/Porter County SWCD/USDA

March 6, 2025

Farmers Will Pay More for Fertilizer Because of President Trump’s Tariffs

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

photo of a farmer on a tractor pulling a hay rake through a field; in the background are a farmhouse, low green hills, and blue sky

Scott Olson/Getty Images

January 7, 2025

How Farm Policy Was Caught Up in a Dramatic End to 2024

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

Mario Tama/Getty Images

May 13, 2024

The State of the Air in 2024? Not Great

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

photo of a US Senate door in a dark brown wood; in gold letters a plaque on the door says "Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry"

Shutterstock/DCStockPhotography

March 18, 2024

Show Me the (Agriculture Appropriations) Money

Melissa Kaplan
Senior Manager of Government Affairs

Bobak Ha'Eri/Wikimedia Commons

March 4, 2024

The Future of Resilient Agricultural Communities in California Is Alive in Allensworth

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

photo of two Black farmers, one male and one female, standing side by side looking out at their farm, with woods in the background

Bill Cotter/UCS

September 21, 2023

Heirs’ Property: The Legal Issue That Has Cost Black Farmers $326 Billion

Archie Creech
Outreach Coordinator

photo of green sprouts coming up from dark, rich soil, with sunlight shining down from above

Sabina Gahramanova/Shutterstock

June 13, 2023

Did You Know That Soil Health Affects Human Health?

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

Agricultural Scenes, Tomb of Nakht. Norman de Garis Davies Lancelot Crane/Metropolitan Museum of Art

June 5, 2023

California Agriculture Could Use an Ancient History Lesson

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

Angel S. Fernandez-Bou/UCS

May 11, 2023

Repurposing Cropland Can Bring Environmental, Socioeconomic, and Water Justice to California

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

AgriSolar Clearinghouse/CC BY 2.0

March 28, 2023

Repurposing Cropland in California: A Solution for Everyone?

Ángel S. Fernández-Bou
Senior Climate Scientist

photo of a vineyard worker wearing a cowboy hat drinking water from the tap of a large yellow water jug

AP Photo/Lianne Milton, Napa Valley Register

November 30, 2022

This Year’s Danger Season Is Over, but Risks to Farmworkers Remain

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

GABRIELE ONORATO/FLICKR

October 11, 2022

How a Fertilizer Shortage Could Drive Food Prices Even Higher

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

LANCE CHEUNG/USDA

August 2, 2022

Why I Have Renewed Hope for Climate Action on Farms

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

DENNIS SCHROEDER/NREL

July 29, 2022

Why is Congress’s Climate Breakthrough Such a Big Deal? Because Without It, We’d Be Irreparably Off Course.

Julie McNamara
Associate Director, Policy for Climate and Energy

Raimond Spekking/Creative Commons

March 24, 2022

How the War in Ukraine Could Trigger a Food Crisis

Ricardo Salvador
Former Contributor

USDA

March 15, 2022

In California’s Central Valley, Drought Is a Growing Threat to Farms, Food, and People

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

Lance Cheung/USDA

December 21, 2021

Four Pieces of 2021 Progress on Agriculture and Climate Change Worth Celebrating

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

US EPA/Flickr

August 19, 2021

Louisiana Policymakers: To Solve the Dead Zone, Climate Change, and COVID-19, Embrace Equitable, Science-Based Policies Now

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Anrita1705/Pixabay

May 13, 2020

Kids, Families, and Food Workers Need a “HEROES Act.” Will Congress Deliver?

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

Mike Arney/Flickr

March 27, 2020

Pandemic Exposes Plight of Food Workers Who Have Long Fought for Justice

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

Russ Munn/AgStock Images

March 3, 2020

Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture in the Midwest

Jessica Collingsworth
Former Contributor

Russ Munn/AgStock Images

December 18, 2019

Record 2019 Precipitation in Midwest Financially Crushed Farmers

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

Ben Stansall/Getty Images

September 20, 2019

Adults Behaving Badly: Climate Edition

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor