Like many of the places where The Nature Conservancy works, Chiapas, Mexico, is a biodiversity hotspot under threat: as the fertility of existing agricultural lands decreases, the agricultural sector expands…
India currently (as of July 28, 2020) has the third-highest number of cases of COVID-19, after only the United States and Brazil. This has posed enormous challenges countrywide, with some…
In exciting new research published in the journal Nature Food, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the Soil Health Partnership (SHP) set out to answer the questions: How do cover crops…
A new book from TNC and partners offers lessons and a vision for restoring – rewilding – retired agricultural lands in the San Joaquin Valley in ways that could recover…
There is wealth in dirt, but only if we collectively recognize and treat our soils as the capital assets that they are. Regenerative agriculture is a set of farming practices…
I love birds and bird watching – from the aerial twists and turns of the agile barn swallow, to the sally and hover of a flycatcher catching a moth, to…
Ohio farmer takes a whole-farm approach to conservation During heavy spring rains, Allen Dean watched a 60-foot tree float down the creek that crosses through one of his farms in…
We crouched down, watching the little owls from a couple feet away. They seemed slightly perturbed but made no move to fly away or disappear down a hole. Burrowing owls.…
Tree cover restoration provides an opportunity to combine climate change mitigation with the pursuit of other sustainable development goals. Unfortunately, most forest restoration studies at global or tropical scales have…
When someone asks me that most routine of questions – “Where are you from?” – I can predict what comes next. “Idaho potatoes!” I’ve experienced this automatic reaction to my…
