Food Resources

Agricultural soil carbon is an important tool in battling the climate crisis—but it's not a silver bullet.

A peer-reviewed article in Food Policy.

Farmland consolidation is harming US rural communities—and better policies can help.

Farmland consolidation—the trend toward fewer, bigger farms—has been accompanied by social and economic consequences that threaten the long-term health of farm communities.

Overuse of nitrogen fertilizer and mismanagement of animal manure have created a costly groundwater pollution problem in Iowa. State and federal policies can help farmers control this pollution at its source.

Leah Penniman discusses how community farms can uproot the food system and create opportunities for Black and Brown farmers.

Almost a century after the Dust Bowl, the unsolved problem of soil erosion clouds the future of US agriculture.

US farms are losing soil to erosion at an unsustainable rate. To meet this threat, we need policies that support farmers in conserving and rebuilding soil.

Each year, nitrogen runoff from Midwestern farms produces a large "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, damaging fisheries and the people who make their living from them. Fortunately, there are solutions that can benefit both farmers and fishers.

Climate hazards across the world will inevitably collide with the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that will disrupt emergency responses to both.

A peer-reviewed article in the Journal of School Health.