What can people think of doing when they have little money?

COVID-19 already has sparked thoughts of long-term economic hardship, with a recession unavoidable and a depression possible. Only a few weeks into the pandemic, countless citizens are struggling to make ends meet. And this acute crisis doesn’t change the need to reduce our use of fossil fuels if we are to head-off the more serious ecological and health consequences of greenhouse gas accumulations. If we are to meet a zero-fossil carbon target by 2050, economic hardship will be part of the equation. Many of us are studying the exits, looking for ways out of this dilemma. We have the most extensive good soils on Earth in the United States. The question is, how do we get back our cultural capacity to live on that rich land without warming the atmosphere?