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Vilsack Highlights USDA’s Climate Initiatives and Investments at COP27

One day of the United Nation’s COP27 event was focused on adaptability and agriculture. Sec. Vilsack moderated a discussion of climate smart farming.

California farmers planted 17% more acres of cotton this year. The Congressional Western Caucus wants information regarding oversight of the Climate-Smart Commodities pilot program.

The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America have launched a new online site called Decode 6, which provides free educational resources in carbon and ecosystem services for people in the agricultural and environmental sectors.

Climate Smart Farming is an approach that helps guide actions to transform agri-food systems towards green and climate resilient practices.

20 California projects receive Partnership for Climate Smart Commodities grants from USDA, and protests in New Zealand where government announces plan to tax cow burps.

USDA’s new Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities funding program will invest up to $2.8 billion in 70 projects, including $60 million to advance agroforestry.

USDA recently announced $2.8 billion to get farmers to adopt climate-smart practices.

Getting young, climate-conscious farmers on the land "is the best way we can fight climate change,” one advocate says.

Making adjustments to counter growing-season challenges has proven more difficult because of the unpredictability of weather, leading farmers to explore and implement practices to make their farms more sustainable.