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One-page summary of EDF's NASDA report.

EDF science is helping struggling farmers in India fight climate change and grow more food.

Conservation can improve the financial health of dairy farms, according to a new report from EDF and K·Coe Isom AgKnowledge.

There is strong scientific consensus on the urgent need to rebuild agricultural soil carbon. That’s the topline message of a comment published this week in the journal Nature Sustainability.

An online report with greenhouse gas flux data from rice and non-rice cropping systems from four agro-ecological regions in India. Published by Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY.

International agronomists and soil scientists participated in training to learn the climate change mitigation potential of land management practices.

Smithfield's grain sustainability interventions as well as their manure-to-energy projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2025.

A case study about Smithfield Foods explains how supply chain partnerships generate shared value for businesses, farmers and the environment.

Poster prepared by EDF and FnF (Farms and Farmers)

Changing the way manure is stored and handled is key to meeting California’s 40 percent dairy manure methane reduction goal and combating climate change.

Our study highlights the previously underestimated role of nitrous oxide emissions from rice farms as a global climate accelerator. It also shows a clear opportunity to mitigate those emissions.

A new report from EDF and K·Coe Isom AgKnowledge details how conservation can financially benefit farmers and their business partners.

New technology has led to sustainable farming solutions for a new generation of tech-savvy farmers. The approach is called precision agriculture.

In 2016 Smithfield announced a groundbreaking goal to cut their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25% by 2025.

Farms and Farmers (FnF) in collaboration with Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) launch an app to offer 360-degree value chain services to farmers in India

EDF blog featuring discussions of resilient land and water systems that allow people and nature to prosper in a changing climate.

In the village and in the field: Helping India's farmers fight the effects of climate change