Despite the heated political rhetoric on both sides of the issue, the realities of the changing climate are driving farmers of all stripes to take action.
Some farmers and lawmakers across rural America are getting serious about preventing nitrogen and phosphorous pollution. Will it be enough to avert a catastrophe in our rivers and oceans?
' grew up on the urban-rural divide. I live it every day. And I've come to see how we collectively suffer when we see it as a debate, rather than an opportunity for growth and understanding.
No-till farming started as a way to keep costs down for conventional farmers in danger of losing their land. Now it has become a subculture and a way of life for outsider farmers all over rural America.
Ash Bruxvoort: I am the daughter of a conventional farmer —and a sustainable ag advocate
' grew up on the urban-rural divide. I live it every day. And I've come to see how we collectively suffer when we see it as a debate, rather than an opportunity for growth and understanding.