09/15/2022 SOURCE: www.usda.gov

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it will invest up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected projects under the first pool of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities; projects from the second funding pool to be announced later this year

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Historic Investment in Partnerships for 70 Climate-Smart Commodities and Rural Projects

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2022 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the Biden-Harris Administration through the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected projects under the first pool of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding opportunity, with projects from the second funding pool to be announced later this year.

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09/15/2022 SOURCE: www.reuters.com

The farmers trying to restore life to America’s stressed soils as climate change bites

“Soils should look like black cottage cheese,” says North Dakota farmer Gabe Brown. Brown runs a 5,000-acre farm and ranch, but he is far from a typical midwestern farmer. A pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement in the United States, Brown is on the road “280 days a year”, he tells me in a recent interview, doing talks, liaising with other farmers and stakeholders, and imparting what he knows to anyone who will listen.

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