Agriculture is central to the climate crisis. While essential to human survival, it contributes to greenhouse emissions that pose a dire threat to humanity’s future.

Climate change has reduced global agriculture productivity by 21% since 1961, according to a recent study by Nature and Climate Change. At the same time, food systems represent a third of total greenhouse gas emissions and are a major contributor to biodiversity loss. According to the Food and Land Use Coalition, we need an estimated $350 billion annually to make agriculture practices greener and more resilient.

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