Climate Change

Our Changing Menu Launches Awareness Campaign About the Climate Crisis

Search the website’s ingredient databases to see how climate change will impact food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.

Virginia Tech Research Explores Climate Change and the Future of Food in Nepal

Many communities in Nepal heavily rely on natural resources – the consequences of climate change will have a major disproportionate impact.

Agrivoltaics May Offer Fresh Way to Produce Food and Energy

Placing solar panels on America’s farms could generate more than 100,000 rural jobs and eliminate as much carbon from the atmosphere as taking 71,000 cars off the road each year.

New Farmers Union Climate Panel Gives Diverse Group of Farmers and Ranchers a Seat at the Table

The National Farmers Union announces new climate change panel to help address climate change in agriculture.

Startups Looking to Change the Snack Industry with Planet-Forward Options

A new program is helping startup companies expand their business and promote healthy and environmentally-friendly snacks for the future.

16 Resources for Eating Seasonally Around the World

These guides can help eaters find fresh, nutritious food all year long.

Nine Ways to Eat for Healthier Planet

These tips can help you maintain a sustainable diet that supports the health of the planet.

Can Climate Victory Gardens Help Solve the Climate Crisis?

Green America’s Climate Victory Gardens campaign involves 8,200 gardens that collectively remove over 4,300 tons of carbon from the atmosphere each year.

Ecologists Use Mushrooms to Detoxify Soil and Water After Wildfires

Researchers are exploring how mushrooms can restore polluted soil and waterways.

Integrated Approach Is Needed for Food System Change, Says New Report

The FABLE Consortium’s recent report proposes strategies and pathways for 20 countries to develop sustainable land-use and food systems.

Monoculture Could Worsen Vulnerability to Climate Change

To boost agricultural resilience, research suggests, policymakers and producers must create more diverse farms by considering how single-species fields interact with water and feed into environmental threats.

Supermarkets No Longer Able to Sell Foods Linked to Illegal Deforestation

A recent bill from the United Kingdom’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs bans the country’s supermarkets from purchasing foods linked to illegal deforestation and land procurement practices.

Study Underscores the Need to Reduce Food-Related Emissions

Researchers at the University of Oxford find that food-Related emissions could stand in the way of Paris climate agreement goals.

Superfood Bar with Compostable Wrapper Reclaims Carbon

Impacts Snacks, a plant-based superfood bar company, is using compostable wrappers and reclaiming more carbon that it uses to make its bars.

Action Against Hunger Is Helping Women in Pakistan Grow Saline Tolerant Crops

Action Against Hunger is teaching women in Sindh, Pakistan how to become self-sufficient by providing them financial, technical, and in-kind support.

The Effects of U.S. Federal Payments on the Agriculture Sector

Farmers face challenges from trade wars, climate change, and COVID-19 but need more than federal payments to be sustainable long term.

S2G creates new US$100 Million S2G Oceans Fund

Seed 2 Growth (S2G) Ventures, an impact investing firm, launched a new fund to restore ocean health. Named S2G Oceans, the fund intends to address damage caused by climate change.

Lesotho and IFAD Address the Rural Economy and Sustainable Agriculture

IFAD and Lesotho work to address sustainable rural agriculture development while uplifting women and youth in agriculture.

A New Musical, TREES, Tells the Story of the Forest

Watch the new thirty-minute musical about saving the planet, TREES, until December 27.

New Report from World Wildlife Fund Explores Planet-Based Diets

WWF’s new report and website show how diet impacts the planet.

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