The legislation has strayed far from its initial model of labor-minded price floors and supply management to creep into the corners of federal institutions where structural racism thrives.

“Most of America’s biodiversity, sensitive species, landscape connectivity, and natural carbon storage opportunities depend heavily on private working lands,” said Arthur Middleton, a wildlife biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and Senior Advisor for Wildlife Conservation at USDA.

An innovative, decade-long experiment in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains shows that carbon stocks buried deep underground are vulnerable to climate change.

“Number one, it’s extremely drought tolerant and can be grown well with a relatively small amount of water,” says Peggy Lemaux, Professor of Cooperative Extension in Plant & Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley and an Investigator working on IGI’s Net-Zero Farming Initiative. “Number two, it’s flood-tolerant.”

A new study says the practice could slash landfill emissions by as much as 84 percent.

AU hosted a historic gathering of farmers and agricultural advocates at Airlie, which included a visit to the Hill to lobby lawmakers to consider racial equity and inclusion when crafting the 2023 farm bill.