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Tim LaSalle highlights the ways U.S. farmers can become the leaders in fighting global warming in his "OnPoint" webcast interview.

Agriculture is an undervalued and underestimated climate change tool that could be one of the most powerful strategies in the fight against global warming.

Op-ed columnist Nicholas Kristof makes the case for a radical reform in the politics of agriculture in his poignant editorial.

Ed Fallon, former state Representative of Iowa, sent a letter to Obama applying for the position of “White House farmer.”

Aside from the loss of biodiversity and endangered species, gene escape and contamination may be one of the most lasting environmental effects of the Bush administration’s policies.

War in Darfur has wreaked havoc on the environment as displaced farmers and other refugees turn to one of the only sources of income to be found: timber.

The possibility of a new policy requiring “food flowers” – flower-shaped graphs conveying sustainability and health ratings of food products – on labels was raised at a recent conference in the United Kingdom.

“Organic farming can nurture healthier planet,” Rodale Institute CEO Tim LaSalle wrote recently in a Des Moines Register op-ed.