Posts Tagged: drought

Cover Crops: Insuring Against Disaster

Posted April 7th, 2014 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under agriculture, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Loon Commons blog.

Thanks to the recently passed 2014 Farm Bill, federally subsidized crop insurance is an even bigger player in determining what the landscape looks like. That’s troubling, considering that in recent… Read more »

Grazing, Cover Crops, Climate Change & Resilience

Posted August 14th, 2013 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under agriculture, climate change, Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Global Warming, Loon Commons blog.

The best farming system in the world means little if it isn’t resilient enough to bounce back from all the nastiness nature can toss its way. That’s become painfully clear… Read more »

Relax Farmers: Climate Change is Good for You (Not)

Posted June 16th, 2011 by Brian DeVore, Land Stewardship Project & filed under Food and Sustainable Agriculture, Global Warming.

In 1989, I worked for a farm magazine that claimed global climate change, if real, would actually be good for agriculture since rising carbon dioxide levels would act as some… Read more »