Prof. Stephanie Anderson Publishes Op-Ed and Review

Congratulations to Prof. Stephanie Anderson on two new publications—"Trouble and Hope in Regenerative Agriculture"—in The Invading Sea in March and a review of Sarah Smarsh's Bone of the Bone: Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class in Pembroke Magazine in June.

An excerpt from "Trouble and Hope in Regenerative Agriculture":

I grew up on a cattle ranch and wheat farm in western South Dakota. I did not know it, but climate change was already impacting my family’s operation.

Compared to when Indigenous tribes stewarded the land and, later, my homesteading ancestors, the prairie’s summers were hotter on average. Droughts, already part of that ecosystem’s cycle, were lasting longer, while extreme precipitation events were becoming more common and dangerous. As a kid, I thought all this was normal for South Dakota.

I now understand how seriously climate-related disasters are disrupting American agriculture after 15 years of writing about that sector and staying connected via my family. Droughts, floods, wildfires, hurricanes, abnormal freezes and strong storms have always existed, but they are increasing in intensity and frequency due to global warming. . . .