Agriculture for The Future
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?
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/.
May 11, 2021
5 min
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.
May 3, 2021
6 min
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.
Apr 28, 2021
3 min
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.
Apr 28, 2021
8 min
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).
Apr 26, 2021
6 min