Agriculture

A false solution: Why carbon markets don’t work for agriculture

After too many years of inaction, climate policies are rapidly being introduced at the state and federal levels. Despite their poor track record, carbon markets feature heavily in many forthcoming climate policy proposals.

2020 – A year and decisive decade of climate reckoning: What policymakers do next on agriculture matters

This blog is the second in a series of two posts about agriculture in the U.N. climate negotiations and what to look for in 2020. Read the first blog post here.  

WHES2020 | 27,000 take to Berlin’s streets for a better farming and food system

This article was originally published on ARC2020's website and republished here with permission. 

Cory Booker's halt on factory farms would help the climate

Originally published by Common Dreams on January 15, 2020. 

IATP submits comments on the Conservation Stewardship Program Interim Final Rule

The passage of the 2018 Farm Bill has come and gone, but important details about program rules and how they’re implemented are still being hammered out. The Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is the largest working lands conservation program in the United States, supporting thousands of farmers to implement conservation practices on millions of acres.