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Harvesting Peril

Industrial Agriculture, an Extraction Industry Like Fossil Fuels, a Growing Driver of Climate Change

Industrial farming encourages practices that degrade the soil and increase emissions, while leaving farmers more vulnerable to damage as the planet warms.

By Georgina Gustin

Harvesting Peril: Extreme weather and climate change on the American farm. An ICN series.
Harvesting Peril: Extreme weather and climate change on the American farm. An ICN series.

U.S. Taxpayers on the Hook for Insuring Farmers Against Growing Climate Risks

By Georgina Gustin

Harvesting Peril: Extreme weather and climate change on the American farm. An ICN series. Credit: Illustration based on a photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images

The Farm Bureau: Big Oil’s Unnoticed Ally Fighting Climate Science and Policy

By Neela Banerjee, Georgina Gustin, John H. Cushman Jr.

Infographic: How farmers and soils are uniquely positioned to fight climate change

Infographic: Farmers Are Ideally Positioned to Fight Climate Change. Here's How.

By Paul Horn

Harvesting Peril: Extreme weather and climate change on the American farm. An ICN series.

How the Farm Bureau’s Climate Agenda Is Failing Its Farmers

By Georgina Gustin, John H. Cushman Jr., Neela Banerjee

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