Food, Agriculture, and Land Use

This GI Monitoring Guide provides recommended approaches to consistently and routinely investigate and monitor the effects of GI installation on vacant lot biodiversity, stormwater capture, and community co-benefits.

This first-of-its kind analysis uses peer-reviewed science and on-the-ground case studies to identify pathways toward net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in Wisconsin’s agricultural sector. The Natural Climate Solutions Roadmap is the result of a collaboration among farmers, community partners, researchers, conservation professionals, and supply-chain experts to identify ways to transition to vibrant, more sustainable agricultural systems […]

Highlights benefits of local composting systems for waste reduction and agriculture.

Like other regions in the United States, agricultural and forestry productivity in Minnesota is vulnerable to weather and climate variability. In recent decades, changes in Minnesota’s climate, including temperature and precipitation variability, have emerged, with continued change expected in the future. Although some of these shifts may appear minor now, agriculture is already being impacted […]

From 2013 – 2015, Delta Institute conducted research on waste management practices in municipalities across Cook County to identify opportunities to maximize environmental and economic benefits. As part of this research, Delta collected and reviewed waste contracts from 128 municipalities, and these contracts revealed a wide variation in services, practices, and costs. Delta created these […]

Public radio station providing journalism on environmental and agricultural issues in Missouri.

Confronting environmental change through research, education, and community collaboration

The Environmental Protection Network harnesses the expertise of over 650 former EPA career staff and political appointees from across the country to serve as a trusted resource, answering calls for objective analysis, scientific rigor, and a vision for a transformed 21st century EPA.

The Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission is commonly known by its acronym, GLIFWC. Formed in 1984, GLIFWC represents eleven Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan who reserved hunting, fishing and gathering rights in the 1836, 1837, 1842, and 1854 Treaties with the United States government. GLIFWC provides natural resource management expertise, conservation […]

GLISA works at the boundary between climate science and decision making, striving to enhance Great Lakes communities’ capacity to understand, plan for, and respond to climate impacts now and in the future.