It’s been about three weeks since Hurricane Idalia hit Florida. The storm made landfall near Keaton Beach, on Florida’s Gulf Coast, as a Category 3 hurricane the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 30. Sustained winds of 125 miles per hour battered homes and businesses, leaving debris and hazardous...
When farmers, ranchers and foresters manage the land for a harvest of life-essential products, from food to clothing to components of medicine, they are actually doing far more. Well-managed lands, and the wild lands private landowners conserve, are the key to clean water, healthy soils, climate...
When Hurricane Hermine made landfall on Cedar Key, Florida, as a Category 1 hurricane in 2016, it brought 8 feet of water under Jack Payne’s two-story home on 12-foot pilings. Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to be a Category 3 hurricane when it makes landfall on Cedar Key tomorrow. Payne, Ph.D.,...
An Agricultural Renaissance, led by innovative and entrepreneurial farmers, ranchers and foresters constructing sustainable, profitable and resilient systems that lay the foundation for a world of abundance on many scales capable of producing nutritious food, feed, fiber, clean energy, healthy ecosystems, quality livelihoods, and strong rural economies.