Agriculture for The Future

Jenna Woodall

Written and recorded in Spring 2021 for my climate change communications class, this five-episde podcast seeks to answer two key questions: (1) how are we handling agriculture in the face of our current climate emergency?, and (2) how do these strategies that we’re using improve our food security throughout the world?

Episodes

  1. 05/11/2021

    Ep. 5: Supporting Climate Resilient Agriculture

    Sources:  Mwanundu, S., & Firmian, I. (2015). Climate-resilient Agriculture Development. ifad.org. https://www.ifad.org/documents/38714170/40264252/climate_sun.pdf/15655fe0-d06f-434e-b4ea-df9017c93ef2. Stuart, Diana. (2017). Climate Change and Ideological Transformation in United States Agriculture. Sociologia Ruralis. 58. 10.1111/soru.12175.  A Closer Look at the 2018 Farm Bill: Working Lands Conservation Programs. National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. (2019, July 24). https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/a-closer-look-at-the-2018-farm-bill-working-lands-conservation-programs/. Conservation Reserve Program. (n.d.). https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/conservation-programs/conservation-reserve-program/index. Willingham, Z. (2021, January 21). Promoting Climate-Resilient Agricultural and Rural Credit. Center for American Progress. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2021/01/14/494574/promoting-climate-resilient-agricultural-rural-credit/.

  2. 05/03/2021

    Ep. 4: Climate Resilient Agriculture & Food Insecurity

    Sources: USDA, Climate change, global food security and the U.S. food system (2015). Council on Foreign Relations. How climate change threatens food security (and why we're all at risk). Concern Worldwide. (2019). https://www.concernusa.org/story/climate-change-food-security/#:~:text=Climate%20change%20affects%20food%20production,the%20nutritional%20value%20of%20crops.

  3. 04/28/2021

    Ep. 3: Introduction to Food Insecurity

    Sources for this episode: USDA, Climate change, global food security and the U.S. food system (2015). Council on Foreign Relations. (n.d.). Rising Hunger: Facing a Food-Insecure World. Council on Foreign Relations. https://www.cfr.org/article/rising-hunger-facing-food-insecure-world#:~:text=Global%20food%20insecurity%20has%20surged,and%20spur%20further%20mass%20migration.&text=In%202019%2C%20an%20estimated%20135,the%20UN%20food%20assistance%20agency.

  4. 04/28/2021

    Ep. 2: Climate Resilient Agriculture Strategies & Real World Examples

    Sources for this episode: Adaptive Capacity and Climate Resilience. SARE. https://www.sare.org/publications/climate-risk-management-and-resilience-on-farms-and-ranches/understanding-climate-risk/adaptive-capacity-and-climate-resilience/. Srinivasarao, C. (2021). Climate resilient agriculture systems: The way ahead. Down To Earth. https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/agriculture/climate-resilient-agriculture-systems-the-way-ahead-75385#:~:text=Climate%2Dresilient%20agriculture%20(CRA)%20is%20an%20approach%20that%20includes,farm%20incomes%20under%20climate%20variabilities. Ngumbi, E. (2019). Becoming Drought Resilient: Why African Farmers Must Consider Drought Tolerant Crops. Reliefweb. https://reliefweb.int/report/world/becoming-drought-resilient-why-african-farmers-must-consider-drought-tolerant-crops#:~:text=Importantly%2C%20there%20are%20benefits%20of,periods%20when%20the%20rains%20fail. Charles White. (2017) Penn State Extension. https://extension.psu.edu/managing-soil-health-concepts-and-practices. Climate-Resilient Farms. NRDC. (2021, February 2). https://www.nrdc.org/issues/climate-resilient-farms#priority-experts-resources.

  5. 04/26/2021

    Ep. 1: Introduction to agriculture within the United States and climate resilient agriculture

    Sources for this episode: Amadeo, K. (2019). How the U.S. Agriculture Industry Works. The Balance. https://www.thebalance.com/us-agriculture-stats-facts-history-4776144. August 7, 1997. (1997, August 7). U.S. could feed 800 million people with grain that livestock eat, Cornell ecologist advises animal scientists. Cornell Chronicle. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/1997/08/us-could-feed-800-million-people-grain-livestock-eat. Lengnick, L. (2020, September 30). Adaptive Capacity and Climate Resilience. SARE. https://www.sare.org/publications/climate-risk-management-and-resilience-on-farms-and-ranches/understanding-climate-risk/adaptive-capacity-and-climate-resilience/. Srinivasarao, C. (2021). Climate resilient agriculture systems: The way ahead. Down To Earth. https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/agriculture/climate-resilient-agriculture-systems-the-way-ahead-75385#:~:text=Climate%2Dresilient%20agriculture%20(CRA)%20is%20an%20approach%20that%20includes,farm%20incomes%20under%20climate%20variabilities. USDA, Climate change, global food security and the U.S. food system (2015).

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Written and recorded in Spring 2021 for my climate change communications class, this five-episde podcast seeks to answer two key questions: (1) how are we handling agriculture in the face of our current climate emergency?, and (2) how do these strategies that we’re using improve our food security throughout the world?

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