In the premiere episode of CPR President Rob Verchick’s Connect the Dots podcast series, he talks with CPR Member Scholar Laurie Ristino of Vermont Law School about the connections between climate change and food security, and how policymaking tools like the Farm Bill that could be better used to promote sustainable agricultural practices.
This is the first of a series of six podcast episodes on climate change and how it affects our lives. Subsequent episodes in the series examine climate-related dislocation and migration, preparing for climate-change-caused toxic flooding in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, keeping workers safe in the era of climate change, and litigation as a means to hold oil companies accountable for their outsized contribution to climate change.
Check out all episodes on our Connect the Dots page.
More information related to this episode:
Related CPRBlog posts:
Other materials you might be interested in:
- Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School
- National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition 2018 Farm Bill campaign
- Food Research & Action Center SNAP/Farm Bill resources
Related CPRBlog Posts:
- Farm Bill 2018: Down Payment on an Effective Conservation Title, by Laurie Ristino
- Farm Bill 2018 — Where Are We Going Post-Midterms?, by Laurie Ristino
- Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts to Climate Programs Hurt American Agriculture, by David Flores
CPR Testimony/publications:
- Opposition to Section 9131 of House Farm Bill (H.R. 2),
- Definition of Retail Facilities
- Hearing on Accelerating Agriculture: How Federal Regulations Impact Small Farmers
We’re grateful to the musical artists featured in this episode, who make their work available to us through a Creative Commons license. Please check them out!
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