Lehner Peter. Farming for Our Future: The Science, Law and Policy of Climate-Neutral Agriculture. Environmental Law Institute,2021. — 255 p.. 2021
In this book, we examine the agricultural strategies, practices, and technologies that can make agriculture in the United States climate-neutral or better, and thus help to curb climate change. Agriculture both contributes to climate change and is severely affected by the more frequent extreme weather, increased pests and heat, and other challenges produced by it. Not only does our food security depend on an agricultural system that can continue and thrive in changed conditions, but our overall security depends on limiting climate change. And while agricultural greenhouse gas emissions may seem modest compared with those from the electricity, transportation, or industrial sectors, agriculture’s contribution to climate change is substantial (far more than generally realized) and we will not be able to achieve our mitigation goals unless agricultural emissions sharply decline. Fortunately, agriculture can be a major part of the climate solution, and in the process improve rural communities and the lives of those who work on farms and ranches.