Agriculture represents one of the most cost-effective ways to improve two of our most pressing environmental challenges: water quality and climate change. We believe that there is enormous opportunity for farmers and ranchers to play a major role in improving our environment while also expanding their sources of revenue.

Protecting Water Quality

Addressing Climate Change

Finding Solutions

Shaping Strong Policies

Learn About the Issues 

• Hot Topic: Renewable Energy
  Renewable fuels that are good for the environment
• Ecosystem service markets
  Selling environmental benefits
• Farmers growing greener
  Responsible farming practices are taking root
  
• A low-carbon economy
  Harnessing farms and forests to offset carbon
• The land use connection
  Better planning for a healthier planet
• A plan for the future
  Presidential Climate Action Plan released
  
• A warming world and our food supply
  A look at agriculture production in 2080

Farmers and Ranchers Making a Difference

Millions of New York City residents have clean drinking water, thanks to help from healthy farms in the Catskill Mountains and farmers like Tom Hutson. Hutson was one of the first farmers to participate in programs to reduce organic pollution in the Catskill/Delaware reservoir systems. more