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Food and Agriculture Law and Policy Research Guide: Climate Change

Search Terms

 Some suggested search terms for use in Databases, for web site searches, etc.

These terms  should  be combined  with agriculture or food focused terms such as agriculture, agricultural, agribusiness, farms, CAFOs, farmland, food, food systems, etc.

  • Global warming
  • Climate emergency or crisis or fluctuations or variability, etc. 
  • Weather changes
  • Sea-level rise
  • UNFCCC
  • IPCC
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Carbon footprint
  • Carbon capture and sequestration
  • Mitigation
  • Adaptation
  • Resilience

Books and Databases

Books can be located through the VLGS Library catalog.

Below is a sampling of databases useful for  researching climate change issues related to food and agriculture. 

Access  the Full List of VLGS Environmental Law Databases.

Access the Full List of VLGS Databases 

To access databases either on or off campus, log onto the School's portal when prompted.

Also remember to search Westlaw and Lexis.

Web Sites

VLGS's Center for Agriculture and Food Systems Projects and Resources  includes: Rethinking Manure Biogas: Policy Considerations to Promote Equity and Protect the Climate and EnvironmentManaged Rotational Grazing Policies: An Overview of Farm Bill Programs to Support Regenerative Agriculture  which presents a system of management that supports farmers' livelihoods while protecting climate and food system resilience, The Food Systems Resilience Project  which presents policy research to strengthen food systems against climate change. 

Also, VLGS's Environmental Law Research Sources (ELRS), a collection of free environmental law sources, links to web sites in subject areas including Agriculture Law,  Food Law, and Climate Change.

A few relevant internet resources:

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