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Water Markets: The Complexity of Trading Private Rights to a Public Good

By Karie Boone, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University WSU researchers are examining water markets and barriers to their adoption as a potential strategy to adapt to climate changes. Those implementing water markets must navigate legal and administrative complexities, a big one being the need to treat water resources as both […]

Will I Be Able to Get Fries With That? A New Approach for Answering Life’s Big Questions About the Future of Food

By David I. Gustafson, Adjunct Research Faculty at Washington State University This article is part of a series, Climate Friendly Fruit & Veggies, highlighting work from the Fruit & Vegetable Supply Chains: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation Opportunities (F&V CAMO) project, a collaborative research study co-led by investigators at the University of Florida and the Agriculture & […]

Side by side photos of a container with French fries and a jar of pasta sauce

Cover Crops, Community and Climate Change

By Avery Lavoie, Fellow at Oakridge Institute for Science and Education, Environmental Protection Agency, and recent University of Idaho graduate. Across the nation, there is an increased interest in cover crops: those planted during the fallow period or in place of a cash crop to improve soil and water quality and mitigate the impacts of […]

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Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fryer: Climate Mitigation Opportunities for French Fries

 By Nicole Bell, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources, Washington State University  This article is part of a series, Climate Friendly Fruit & Veggies (see sidebar), highlighting work from the Fruit & Vegetable Supply Chains: Climate Adaptation & Mitigation Opportunities (F&V CAMO) project, a collaborative research study co-led by investigators at the University of […]

Top: oven dish with frozen french fries laid out. Bottom: a saucepan with fries in bubbling oil.