ClimatePULSE: Town and Country - A Look at Agriculture and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Agriculture is a prominent topic in the current policy and market discussions regarding greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation. Crop practices and livestock management are scrutinized for energy intensity and GHG emissions and mitigation potential. Biofuels policies are criticized as a threat to food supplies. Food, the practices providing it, and the countryside from which it comes, continue to gain attention in the ongoing debate concerning economic and environmental sustainability. In this debate, a fundamental question is, “who drives decisions on the farm?” An obvious answer is, “Farmers do”.