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Lake Tanganyika hit by climate change and over-fishing
2017-06-16 13:06:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Livelihoods are under threat as Lake Tanganyika suffers from the effects of climate change, over-fishing and deforestation.
What Can Farmers and Ranchers Do About Climate Change? Market Access for Pastured Meat
2017-06-12 18:23:36| National Farmers Union
By Tom Driscoll, Director of NFU Foundation and Conservation Policy The Climate Column has covered a number of grazing practices that encourage soil health, such as prescribed grazing and rotational grazing. These practices store atmospheric carbon in the soil while protecting forage from the increasingly volatile precipitation patterns driven by climate change, allowing producers to both mitigate […]
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Soil Health Champions Network
2017-04-24 18:54:26| National Farmers Union
By Beth Mason, NACD North Central Region Representative In 2014, the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) began a three-year project to increase the adoption of soil health practices across the United States. The project consists of two initiatives one focused on quantifying the monetary benefits of using soil health practices, and the other on […]
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Trump Executive Order Reverses American Climate Change Progress, Leadership
2017-03-28 20:11:28| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2017 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON In a sweeping and regressive executive order on energy, President Donald Trump today reversed years of progress in the U.S.-led fight against climate change. The order dismantles critical Obama-era policies that prepare the United States to mitigate and adapt to the effects […]
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What Can Farmers Do About Climate Change? Dynamic Cropping Systems: Tom Tranthams Story
2017-03-27 18:29:49| National Farmers Union
By Laura Lengnick, founder of Cultivating Resilience, LLC This story is excerpted from Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate (New Society Publishers, 2015). Resilient Agriculture explores climate risk, resilience, and the future of food through the adaptation stories of 25 award-winning sustainable farmers and ranchers growing fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and livestock across America. […]
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