We don’t have unlimited time to improve production in a world with a growing population and facing climate change. Farmers must speak up: The time has come to give technology a chance.
If farmers can experience a financial incentive in carbon farming that supports the practices and measurement strategies they have in place, many will begin working with imagination to become excellent carbon farmers.
If you’re tempted to build a beehive in your backyard, think twice. And instead of resorting to thoughtless prohibitions in the name of favored insects, let’s look for innovations trusting farmers to do the right thing.
On a planet with more people than ever before, the discovery of phosphate means that fertilizer will remain a viable food production tool for most of the rest of the century.
Family farmers understand sustainability and strive for long-term success through innovation and freedom in decision-making. The farm isn’t just an asset, it’s an inherited legacy to be passed on to descendants.
The policy of the EPA and the rest of the federal government should be to join the Supreme Court in supporting and trusting farmers and landowners to do the right thing.
Ukraine has an incredible partner in Heidi Kuhn, an anti-landmine activist who understands the vast dimensions of a global menace, and 2023 recipient of the World Food Prize.
"This is my plea, from a humble farmer in Ukraine to the people of the world: Please ask your governments to stop this reckless war, launched by that cruel and power-hungry authoritarian, Vladimir Putin."