NSAC’s 2023 Farm Bill Platform: Building a Climate-Resilient Future
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in our series covering key pillars of NSAC’s 2023 Farm Bill Platform. The series begins here. You can read the platform and take action to endorse it here.
The climate crisis is a current threat to effective agricultural production, and continued greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will substantially exacerbate these threats. However, agriculture also represents one avenue for solutions.
To prepare for a climate-challenged future and create on-farm climate solutions, we need to further develop agricultural systems in several key ways. Agricultural solutions should be farmer-driven and build upon the time-tested expertise of traditional and indigenous farmers of color, among others. Farming must be centered on building thriving communities, both urban and rural. Agricultural solutions to climate change should be holistic–addressing multiple intersecting social and ecological challenges …
