FERN's Ag Insider
Des Moines Case Has ‘Changed the Conversation’ on Water Quality
FERN’s Kristina Johnson recently spoke with Neil Hamilton, director of the Agricultural Law Center at Iowa’s Drake University, to learn more about the Des Moines Water Works lawsuit against three Iowa county drainage districts.
Carbon Farming May Figure in Climate Mitigation
Due to an initiative launched by France, there is now an international framework that for the first time brings agricultural soils into climate negotiations. Called “4 per 1000,” this new proposal aims to protect and increase carbon stocks in soil.
Farming and Food at Risk from Climate Change
As environment ministers hashed out the details of a climate-change agreement, FERN correspondent Daniel Grossman sat down with two prominent experts in Paris to talk about the impact of climate change on agriculture.