A successful Green New Deal will integrate what we know about carbon, emissions, and pollution into policies related to agriculture and land use.
For a Greener New Deal and Cooler Climate, Focus on Food and Agriculture

In the United States today, 98% of farmland is owned by white people. That raises some critical questions. Namely, how can we in the land trust community—historically white-led and governed—achieve racial equity and social justice in our work for land access for the next generation of farmers? In our latest post, we reflect on how the Racial Equity Institute’s “Groundwater Approach” provides a powerful framework for understanding racial inequity and creating systemic change.