Mariel Lutz is a research associate on the Conservation Policy team in the Energy and Environment department at American Progress. She has worked on state policy at Missouri Coalition for the Environment and on federal policy at the Sierra Club, and she has done fieldwork as an AmeriCorps member in Iowa. She studied environmental biology at Washington University in St. Louis, and she is from Massachusetts.
Why the Farm Bill May Be the Highest-Stakes Climate Fight Flying Below the Radar
Major climate and conservation gains hang in the balance as Congress reauthorizes the expiring farm bill; passing strong legislation that builds on historic investments from the Inflation Reduction Act is critical for the United States to lead the world on climate-smart agriculture and meet national land conservation goals.
