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With increasing climate impacts predicted across the globe, many see soil carbon storage and sequestration as an opportunity to reduce atmospheric carbon and mitigate climate change. This report assesses the current opportunities for Minnesota agriculture and proposes solutions, policies, and management practices for these markets to benefit farmers and Minnesota’s agricultural sector
ContributorsCruz, Angel (Dr.) (Author) / Foote, Devin (Author) / Janosy, Alaine (Author) / Poirier, Katie (Author) / VanVranken, Annalise (Author)
Created2020-08
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As record-breaking drought conditions continue year after year in Arizona, the state needs to act now to fully protect its limited water resources. While current dialogue focuses on issues of water quantity in Arizona, with limited quantity of water resources water quality becomes even more important. Farmers are a major user of water, and there remains a lot of room for improvement in agricultural water usage. This report researched existing water quality programs and voluntary state agricultural water quality initiatives both in Arizona and throughout the United States to propose policy and program recommendations for agricultural water management in Arizona.
ContributorsDeJovine, Zac (Author) / Dy, Jillian (Author) / Freeberg, Ami (Author) / Kaplan, Shelby (Author) / Sadler, Deborah (Author) / Wazenn, Nithesh (Author) / Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems (Issuing body)
Created2022-09
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Access to affordable farmland is one of the greatest challenges facing farmers today. Farmers and gardeners in urban areas face some similar barriers to rural farmers when it comes to finding and protecting land to grow food. However, urban growers face other unique and more complex challenges than their rural counterparts. This research discusses the value urban agriculture brings to cities and makes the case for why the Kansas City metropolitan region, and cities across the United States, should invest in permanent protection of land for urban agriculture. To overcome challenges such as expensive land and other costs, conflicting values around land use in urban areas, proximity to neighbors, and restrictive zoning codes, many cities around the country have created coalitions, organizations, programs, and policies to address equitable and permanent land access for urban agriculture.
This research focuses on Community Land Trusts as a possible solution to hold and ensure affordable access to land for urban food production, both for urban farm businesses and community gardens. Throughout interviews and research, other models emerged such as conservation easements, Agrarian Commons, and specific funds and programs to support individual land ownership for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) growers. Each of these strategies could play a role in Kansas City's work to protect land for urban agriculture.
ContributorsFreeberg, Ami (Author) / Merrigan, Kathleen (Contributor) / Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems (Issuing body)
Created2023-09