Jennifer Blesh

Dec 5, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Dana James |Jennifer Blesh |Jeffrey Liebert |Natal Magnanti

ABSTRACTThe practice of agroecology has been promoted as a promising pathway to improve environmental and human well-being. Previous research has shown that farm size is often related to factors that can help or hinder agroecological practice use, but context is key. Here, we examine the relationship between farm size and the use of agroecological practices by assessing 596 management plans for farms associated with the Brazilian participatory agroecology network Rede Ecovida.

Jun 25, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Emily Oldfield |Jocelyn M. Lavallee |Jennifer Blesh |Mark Bradford

AbstractThe opportunity of agricultural management practices to sequester soil organic carbon (SOC) is recognized as an important strategy for mitigating climate change. However, there is low confidence when it comes to understanding the magnitude of the climate benefit we can expect from SOC sequestration or how best to achieve it.

Nov 3, 2023 | frontiersin.org | Jennifer Blesh

One hundred years ago the Great War was followed by the Spanish Influenza pandemic which killed more people. Currently, we are witnessing the opposite: a pandemic followed by war in Ukraine which has lasted more than 590 days, at the time of writing. The COVID pandemic brought the world to its knees with shutdowns separating families, isolating the elderly and lonely, stopping commerce, closing school lunches and much more. Most of the world was caught unprepared.