Legal Pathways to Carbon-Neutral Agriculture
Michael B. Gerrard & John C. Dernbach, eds., Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization in the United States (2018 Forthcoming)
32 Pages Posted: 2 Oct 2017
Peter Lehner
Earthjustice - Sustainable Food and Farming Program
Nathan Rosenberg
Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic; University of Arkansas School of Law
Date Written: October 1, 2017
Abstract
This Article examines the agricultural strategies, practices, and technologies available to increase soil carbon sequestration and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It details pathways for amending existing federal and state legal regimes and enacting new ones, and recommends improving public agricultural research, development, and extension efforts; reforming federal subsidy and conservation programs; and revising trade policy, tax policy, regulatory strategies, financing for carbon farming, grazing practices on government land, and greenhouse gas pricing. It also describes how the private and philanthropic sectors can stimulate carbon farming; strategies for reducing emissions that stem from farm inputs and that result from food processing, distribution, consumption, and waste; and the potential to encourage consumption of climate-friendly foods through national dietary guidelines, procurement at all levels of government, and private-sector initiatives such as certification schemes and healthier menu options.
Keywords: Climate, Change Change, Deep Decarbonization, Food Law & Policy, Food Systems, Agricultural Law
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Peter Lehner (Contact Author)
Earthjustice - Sustainable Food and Farming Program ( email )
CA
United States
Nathan Rosenberg
Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic ( email )
122 Boylston St
Boston, MA 02130
United States
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