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The Working Landscape - The Green New Farm

Claire Kelloway, senior reporter and researcher, speaks on a podcast about how agricultural monopolies have resulted in overproduction, degraded ecosystems, public health crises, all-time-high farm debt, and narrower opportunities for new farmers. 

Conventional agriculture represents the largest type of anthropogenic land use in the world. It contributes to, and is uniquely impacted by, climate change. While landscape architects have been at the forefront in developing adaptation strategies in urban environments, designers have been largely absent from this process in the agricultural landscape. As climate change promises to reshape agricultural landscapes in the coming century, this podcast draws together an interdisciplinary voices to reflect on a greener future for rural landscapes.

Listen to the full podcast here.