A PATH TOWARDS CLIMATE-FRIENDLY AGRICULTURE

The fact sheet outlines ten agricultural practices that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration in the U.S., noting that current adoption rates for many of these methods remain low. It highlights the vulnerability of agriculture to climate change and proposes the Agriculture Resilience Act (H.R. 5861) as a policy mechanism to achieve net zero emissions from agriculture by 2040 through increased research, funding, and incentives.

• The document identifies ten specific climate-friendly practices to reduce emissions and increase carbon storage: riparian buffers, improved nutrient management, windbreaks, prescribed grazing, reduced tillage, conservation crop rotations, cover crops, organic soil amendments, silvopasture, and alley cropping.
• Adoption rates for several key conservation practices in the U.S. are currently low: less than 25% of row crop acreage uses conservation nutrient management, 26% of acreage is no-till, 11% of cropland acres use conservation crop rotations, and only 4% of cropland acres use cover crops.
• Global food systems contribute more than 25% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, with agricultural production emitting significant amounts of methane from livestock and manure, and nitrous oxide from soil.
• The Agriculture Resilience Act (H.R. 5861) proposes a framework to reach net zero emissions from agriculture by 2040, including goals for soil health integration into crop insurance and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, as well as increased federal investment in sustainable research and education.

APA

Earthjustice (n.d.). A PATH TOWARDS CLIMATE-FRIENDLY AGRICULTURE. https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/earthjustice_climate_friendly_agriculture_fact_sheet_2_2020_1.pdf

Chicago

Earthjustice. A PATH TOWARDS CLIMATE-FRIENDLY AGRICULTURE. n.d. https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/earthjustice_climate_friendly_agriculture_fact_sheet_2_2020_1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{earthjusticendpath, author = {{Earthjustice}}, title = {{A PATH TOWARDS CLIMATE-FRIENDLY AGRICULTURE}}, institution = {Earthjustice}, url = {https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/earthjustice_climate_friendly_agriculture_fact_sheet_2_2020_1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }