“No Farms No Future” gets to the heart of America’s food system. Each episode will illuminate a pressing issue faced by farmers and ranchers: How can we protect farmland against threats like development? How can we promote equitable access to farmland, especially for BIPOC, queer, and female farmers? And why is farmland a solution to the climate crisis, but only if we get farming right?
Hear from farmers and ranchers as they make the tough decisions that will shape their future—and ours.
Tune in for monthly episodes, created in collaboration with American Farmland Trust and Heritage Radio Network.
Congress takes up a new Farm Bill every five years. It's an opportunity to shape the future of American farming and food policy and it's up for renewal this year. In this episode of No Farms No Future, we talk with Don Stuart, author of 'No Farms, No Food: Uniting Farmers and Environmentalists to transform American Agriculture' (2022). A ...
Regenerative Agriculture is a relatively new term for a concept as old as farming - establishing good soil and sound farming practices. A global pandemic and extremes of weather are creating new incentives for farmers to try new ways to enhance soil and sustain a reliable water supply. For new farmers, especially, learning from others is an ...
The United States is on track to lose at least 18 million acres of farmland and ranchland by 2040, threatening not only our long-term food supply, but also the environment. American Farmland Trust has been tracking the loss of farmland and ranchland since its founding in 1980. Its latest study, Farms Under Threat 2040, projects these trends ...
Farmers across much of the American West are living through the second historic drought in a decade. The snowmelt never came this year, depleting reservoirs and forcing farmers back to their own wells and groundwater. Protecting California's capacity to grow food has long been a top priority of American Farmland Trust. AFT opened its first ...
Developers have purchased millions of acres of U.S. farmland and ranchland, a trend that increasingly threatens a future of sustainable agriculture and food systems. And the challenge isn't going away. Nearly 40 percent of this land is in the hands of farmers, ranchers, and landowners who are 65 or older. In response, American Farmland Trust ...
In some ways, Illinois farmers have it good. Much of the state boasts rich, dark soil that helps rank its production of corn and soybeans among the highest in the nation. Because the Prairie State is receiving frequent and more intense rainfall, it is increasingly important that farmers adopt conservation practices to keep soil nutrients in ...
When the U.S. outlawed alcohol during Prohibition, Kentucky farmers stopped growing rye, a key ingredient in one of Kentucky's most iconic products—bourbon. As agricultural research compelled farmers to explore the benefits of cover crops, American Farmland Trust (AFT) detected an opportunity to revive rye. AFT launched the Kentucky ...
Meet John Piotti, the president and CEO of American Farmland Trust (AFT) and host of No Farms No Future, a new podcast from AFT and HRN. In this episode, which originally aired on HRN's Let's Talk About Food, we learn how a kid growing up on Nantucket Island, hoping to design sailboats, ended up in Maine and became laser ...
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