UCS 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
Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer in a shaded coffee farm in Chiapas, Mexico. They use diverse shaded coffee as a model system to study ecological complexity and its implications for farm management and biodiversity conservation. August 2, 2017 Agroecology to the Rescue: 7 Ways Ecologists are Working Toward Healthier Food Systems Marcia DeLonge Former Contributor
May 30, 2017 We All Benefit from Foreign Nations’ Food Crop Diversity—But Do Our Politics Reflect This Interdependence? UCS Science Network
United Soybean Board/Flickr May 24, 2017 The Trump Budget Is an Affront to Farmers (and All of Us) Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
Source: University of Maine. May 16, 2017 Three Reasons Congress Should Support a Budget Increase for Organic Agriculture Research Marcia DeLonge Former Contributor
National Agroforestry Center April 26, 2017 Arbor Day and Agroforestry: Green Infrastructure for Agriculture Andrea Basche Former contributor
Jeff Vanuga/USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service April 19, 2017 Farmers to Trump: Don’t Walk Away from Climate Action Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
US Department of Agriculture/Flickr March 22, 2017 Trump’s "Skinny" Budget Would Starve Farmers of Support, Leave Kids and Seniors Hungry Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
Photo: US Agency for International Development/CC BY-NC 2.0, Flickr March 16, 2017 Food Production Does NOT Need to Double by 2050 (And Other Required Reading for the Next USDA Secretary) Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
Green Cover Seed March 3, 2017 What We Need Are Farms That Support Farmers, Consumers AND the Environment Andrea Basche Former contributor
Climate Listening Project February 3, 2017 Climate Change, Resilience, and the Future of Food UCS Science Network
Keefe Keeley, Savanna Institute February 2, 2017 These Investments in Food and Farm Research Will Pay Us Back—Urban and Rural Alike Marcia DeLonge Former Contributor
Jim Robinson, USDA-NRCS/CC BY 2.0, Flickr November 14, 2016 Farming Carbon into Soils and Trees: A Climate-Smart Mid-Century Strategy for Agriculture Marcia DeLonge Former Contributor
NRG Energy, Inc. October 26, 2016 Breaking Down Barriers: Publishing Open Access Science for Sustainability UCS Science Network
Photo: Frank Schulenberg/CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia October 17, 2016 Partnerships to Protect Fragile Mountain Ecosystems UCS Science Network
Photo: Neil Palmer, CIAT/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, Flickr October 11, 2016 Making Agriculture “Climate-Smart” in Latin America and the Caribbean UCS Science Network
Photo: USDA-NRCS September 26, 2016 Soil Carbon Can't Fix Climate Change By Itself—But It Needs to Be Part of the Solution Marcia DeLonge Former Contributor
Photo: Iowa State University/Lisa Schulte Moore August 19, 2016 How US Farm Subsidies Make Taxpayers Pay Twice (And How We Could Change That) Karen Perry Stillerman Deputy Director
Lance Cheung, USDA/CC BY 2.0 (Flickr) July 27, 2016 Book Review: Cowed’s Message is Less but Better Beef Doug Boucher Former Contributor
Some beef cattle are raised in a way that actually helps to protect and manage healthy grassland ecosystems, making good use of grass in areas not well suited for row crops. Here’s an example of one such healthy grassland ecosystem managed by cattle from Nebraska Sand Hills. (Photo: Aaron Price)] July 14, 2016 While BBQ Season Sizzles, a Case for Healthy Farms and Better Beef Marcia DeLonge 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