350 Parts Per Million

Climate change is undeniable, though plenty still deny it. That human behavior is causing it also is undeniable, something many refuse to accept.

Among those comfortable with reality, most zero in on the burning of fossil fuels as the culprit. Often overlooked is the way agriculture is practiced. I grew up on a tractor but eventually left farming behind. While you can easily take the boy off the farm, it’s harder to take the farm out of the boy.

I now work on a community team focusing on agriculture policy and practices for the climate action group 350 Wisconsin. Our aim is to promote the rapidly growing regenerative agriculture movement by showcasing the efforts of local farmers who are producing food in environmentally sustainable ways. Farmers like Wisconsin’s own Ryan Erisman, who raises hogs profitably yet sustainably on just 32 acres, grazing them on pastures and an oak and hickory forest, using remaining acreage to grow corn and other crops for feed without the need for tillage o…