Researcher ORCID Identifier
0000-0003-2805-0512
Graduation Year
2021
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Biology
Reader 1
Wallace M Meyer III
Rights Information
© 2021 Chloe L Wanaselja
Abstract
This project seeks to explore whether regenerative agriculture can be a tool to mitigate climate change and increase resilience. It asks if specific practices of no-till (NT) and “Three Sisters” intercropping can contribute to a collective climate mitigation “toolkit” across regions of the USA.
Climate change is the existential threat of the century. We are already experiencing shifts in weather and disease patterns and increased food insecurity. Industrial agriculture is a major contributor to climate change, highlighting the imperative of the development of and transition to well-informed regenerative agricultural practices. Despite the urgency, a comprehensive set of agricultural “climate best practices'' does not exist for the USA or any specific region. As such, we are currently ill-equipped to give recommendations to farmers or policy makers, and subsequently ill-prepared to address this existential threat.
Recommended Citation
Wanaselja, Chloe, "Exploring the Impacts of No-Till Agriculture and “Three Sisters” Intercropping on Carbon Sequestration and Soil Health" (2021). Pomona Senior Theses. 262.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/262
