Small-Scale Sustainable Farmers are Cooling Down the Earth

It's becoming apparent that climate change is negatively affecting farmers around the world. Erratic weather patterns force farmers to find new ways of growing crops, but sometimes people who work the land are helpless in the face of droughts or...

March 29, 2024 | Source: Grassroots International | by

It’s becoming apparent that climate
change is negatively affecting farmers around the world. Erratic
weather patterns force farmers to find new ways of growing crops, but
sometimes people who work the land are helpless in the face of droughts
or excessive rains. When farmers are unable to adapt to changes in
climate, local food shortages affect whole communities.

A recent
background paper by the Via Campesina summarizes how industrial-scale
agriculture fuels climate change and thereby threatens small-scale
farmers. But the paper also outlines how many farmers around the world
are helping to slow climate change through the practice of sustainable
grazing, the use of solar power, and other farm-based endeavors. You
can read the background paper here.