What Could the Green New Deal Mean for the Future of Ag?

Young Farmers Podcast

On February 7th, 2019 Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey introduced a resolution in Congress recognizing the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.

The resolution starts by listing the many ways that climate change will devastate this country, including mass migration, wildfires, a trillion dollars of economic damage, and then it puts forward ideas to simultaneously reduce emissions and build a just and prosperous society.

Farmers are in there of course. Agriculture is estimated to contribute up to 1/4 of global greenhouse gas emissions, and farmers are on the front lines of global weather changes. Lindsey interviews Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director of Food First, who recently wrote "The Green New Deal: Fulcrum for the farm and food justice movement?"

https://foodfirst.org/the-green-new-deal-fulcrum-for-the-farm-and-food-justice-movement/

https://foodfirst.org/

https://www.gp.org/green_new_deal

Photo credit: National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition