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The dairy sector plays a vital role in India's economy, serving as a key driver of rural livelihoods and agricultural growth.

Global leaders made progress this year, but urgent work remains to ensure farmers, fishers and ranchers can feed a growing population on a changing planet. The post Four takeaways from a year of global action on food, agriculture and climate first appeared on Growing Returns.

From extensive droughts across the Great Plains and back-to-back hurricanes damaging vegetable and citrus crops in the Southeast, the last two production seasons have demonstrated the intensifying damage of extreme weather on America’s farms. In 2023 alone, natural disasters caused nearly $22 billion in crop and rangeland losses. While crop insurance is a critical safety …

America’s farms and food are on the frontlines of more extreme weather. We owe it to farmers, ranchers and families to make food production more resilient.

A changing climate requires more adaptive fisheries management and better tools for collecting data and making decisions.

Managers must establish controls that maintain sustainability as stocks experience climate-driven shifts in their productivity and distribution.

The strong record of sustainable fisheries management in the US is being challenged by the rapid, widespread and unpredictable impacts of climate change.

Nearly 50 years ago, United States lawmakers took action to protect fishery resources by establishing a comprehensive federal fishery management system.

Underserved fishing communities experience and are the least able to withstand severe impacts on their livelihoods, infrastructure and well-being.

EDF report explores how open ocean aquaculture can increase domestic seafood production while highlighting species most likely to thrive in offshore environments.

EDF report explores how open ocean aquaculture can increase domestic seafood production while highlighting species most likely to thrive in offshore environments.

This White Paper explores developments in science and technology that could support a sustainable, competitive open ocean aquaculture industry in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

EDF is working to build support among ocean, coastal, and seafood stakeholders and policy makers to establish a rigorous, science-based environmental and social regulatory framework that provides a predictable environment for business investment, protects ocean health, and supports equitable outcomes for coastal communities and individuals working throughout the seafood industry.

This EDF white paper draws conclusions primarily from the escapes of marine finfish farmed in their current natural range or their native ocean basin that would be relevant to marine species and operations expected to be reared in U.S. offshore waters.

Growing a sustainable U.S. aquaculture sector to meet that projected demand will require focusing on the sustainability of the feed that supplies 70 percent of farmed seafood globally.

By: Poppy Brittingham Open ocean aquaculture (also referred to as “offshore” aquaculture) is a nascent industry in the United States. As it exists now, the industry has the potential to positively contribute to domestic seafood supplies if executed well. However, if the risks and impacts of the farms are not well understood, it can cause …

A new report from Environmental Defense Fund provides critical insights into species that may be optimal for farming in open ocean environments.

We’ve come to our final blog in our series on sustainable aquaculture for EDFish. Now that we’ve covered aquaculture feed, escapes, and diseases, we’ll wrap up the discussion with a look at technology’s role in sustainable aquaculture. With appropriate investment and incentives, ocean farming technologies and innovations could address sustainability risks for farming seafood in …

Let’s continue the conversation on sustainable aquaculture. This is the third blog in our series exploring the sustainability of aquaculture—what we currently know, emerging advancements, and areas for growth. In our previous, we covered escapes in aquaculture, and before that, we discussed aquaculture feed.     In this blog, we are focusing on diseases in …

Open ocean aquaculture in the U.S. has the potential to create diverse local jobs, build a more climate-resilient domestic seafood supply, and minimize impacts on the climate and environment. However, achieving these benefits hinges on practicing aquaculture the right way.  So, what does the “right way” entail? What do we still need to know to …

Belching bovines are major emitters of methane in agriculture. A new seaweed food additive could help decrease cows' burps and therefore lower their methane emissions

As the world faces growing climate impacts and shocks, the need for a more sustainable and resilient food system has never been more urgent. Last year, the Kansas wheat harvest, known as a bellwether for global agriculture, hit a 60-year low due to severe drought. Record-breaking floods decimated European harvests in the same year.   Climate-driven …

The Wittmans are using sustainable farming practices today to ensure their family farm endures changing climate conditions. 

Is aquaculture sustainable? As with so many important questions, the inevitable—often infuriating—answer is, “it depends.”   As the U.S. looks to expand into open ocean aquaculture (usually between 3 and 200 nautical miles off the coast), we have the opportunity to get things right from the start. We can create diverse local jobs, build a more …

The FISH Act will support science and collaboration needed to secure a robust future for U.S. fisheries