Making farming more sustainable and productive
The problem: Globally, agriculture contributes one-quarter of the pollution warming the climate. At the same time, climate impacts like droughts and heat waves are already threatening the livelihoods of more than 1 billion people who depend on agriculture to support their families. Business as usual isn’t working for farmers, ranchers or the planet.
What we’re doing about it: We’re expanding the use of climate-smart practices in the U.S., EU, China and India to increase food production for a growing population, rapidly reduce powerful pollutants like methane and nitrous oxide, and make rural communities more resilient.
Our work expanding the use of climate-smart practices
- Overview
Helping livestock farmers cut methane emissions
- Overview
The race to climate-proof agriculture
- Initiative
A farm bill that helps farmers, ranchers and the climate
- Website
Harnessing the power of farm loans and crop insurance
- Initiative
Make the invisible loss of nitrogen visible
- Report
Advancing scientific understanding of soil carbon and carbon credits
Updates
Read the latest articles, blogs and press releases on climate smart agriculture.
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Good manure management must involve ammonia emissions, too
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How to improve soil modeling to maximize climate and farm benefits
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EDF Statement on Congressional Farm Bill Proposals
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Methane Rising: Three questions investors in the food sector should ask their portfolio companies
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Clover Sonoma and Starbucks Join Global Alliance to Tackle Methane Emissions from Dairy
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EU must act to protect farms and food production from climate risk
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Agriculture resources
Dig deeper into our work with these resources for researchers, policymakers, journalists and communities.
- Blog
Growing Returns: EDF blog featuring discussions of resilient land and water systems
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Fireside chat: Dairy for nutrition and livelihoods, a perspective from India
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Heat stress threatens agricultural workers’ health
- Report
How U.S. agriculture can adapt to escalating water risks
- Interactive tool
How climate change threatens U.S. crop production
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Managing climate change risks at agricultural finance institutions
Our agriculture experts
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Britt Groosman
Vice President, Climate-Smart Agriculture
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Eileen McLellan
Lead Senior Scientist
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Maggie Monast
Senior Director, Climate-Smart Agriculture
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Peri Rosenstein
Senior Scientist, Livestock Systems
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John Tauzel
Senior Director, Global Agriculture Methane
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Ben Thomas
Senior Policy Director, Agriculture
Media contact
Hilary Kirwan
(202) 572-3277 (office)