As dairy farms have scaled to maintain viability, they’ve achieved efficiency improvements and tremendous increases in production. But they’ve also moved to more anaerobic manure management and off-farm feed production and sourcing. How these changes net out for climate and sustainability is complicated. We sort through these trends alongside the more recent boom in demand related to the protein craze to sort out what it means for farmers and the climate.

Peaches have been disappearing from the U.S. crop landscape. Why and what’s the potential for recovery? Dig into the data on this delicious fruit and learn why commercial farmers have been backing away from it.

The sustainable agriculture movement in the US has matured markedly in the last decade. Key developments include more sharing - of data and costs - between supply chain partners and producers working together to achieve emissions reductions. But, with a new Administration in the White House, how might things change?

Why are US grocery store produce sections exploding with fresh blueberries this month? What can this preponderance of cheap berries tell us about modern ag markets and what’s truly the primary limiting factor in production? Is it land? Healthy soil? Water? Proximity to markets? Read on to find out.

A recent report from Argus Media decried the declining profitability of organic feed crops. The report sounded the alarm that the decline could push organic farmers to exit back to conventional.

Since January 2022, beleaguered producers’ number one question has been when this latest outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI or H5N1) will end. More than 2 years in, we ask whether that’s still the right question, or whether H5N1 has become endemic to North America. 

Amidst a record-breaking heatwave last month, Alison and I boarded an early morning Amtrak train due south. The destination? Washington, D.C. for the 2024 Climate Crossroads Summit at the National Academy of Sciences.

The path to a green career isn’t always clear cut. Meet Spencer, Grow Well's newest analyst, who's taken a unique journey from supply chain management to environmental advocacy. His story is one of passion, adaptability, and a commitment to making a difference in the face of climate change.

Food and agriculture giants are vocal about their climate change ambitions. However, the reality of their commitments and the impact on their emissions remains unclear.

This month, I decided to publish my recommendations publicly so that everyone can read them. Enjoy!

One could say the food system is ripe with opportunity. 

While climate change is – or should be – at the forefront of our minds, it’s easy to think that the food system is complex, full of challenges, and rife with social inequities. Sometimes overwhelmingly so. But those of us who work in it are also presented with opportunities for positive transformation every day. 

Every few weeks, I receive a request via email or LinkedIn, or sometimes a referral that could broadly be classified as, “Help! How do you balance professional work and parenting work at the same time?” I typically use gender neutral language intentionally when discussing parenting, but truth be told, 100% of these requests have come from women.