Tag Archives: Food and Agriculture Organization

There was a very important bit of reporting in the NY Times yesterday:  A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself.  Among the most important things it does is illustrate quite clearly how the extremes of temperature and precipitation that are becoming the norm are negatively affecting agricultural production.  Productivity losses generate higher prices which, in […]

I’m delighted that an article I’ve done on biochar for Grist went “live” today.  If you don’t know about the extraordinary potential here, check out the article, Biochar as the new black gold.  Even if you do, I think it’s worth a visit.  It’s part of a Grist Special Series, What’s the deal with offsets? […]