Future of food depends on climate resilience, agricultural researcher says

"Winters are warming, fruit trees are blooming earlier, and then we're losing crops because we have a late freeze that kills the blossoms," she said. Lengnick said the good news is the growing interest in sustainable farming practices that can slow down climate change by trapping carbon. "Midwest farmers are leading this change, actually, in agriculture, and that is really focusing in on building soil health," she said. "For example, no till, cover crops and more diversified cropping systems."