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PROVIDING INPUT: Western farmers and ranchers use innovative ways to protect the land and the climate. Providing that insight to USDA and the Biden administration is important. Water Lines: Family Farm Alliance helped prepare two comment letters to USDA in response to agency’s request for public input on climate-smart strategies.
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Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
President Joe Biden in January issued an executive order titled “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” This EO laid out a series of actions for federal agencies to take regarding climate change mitigation and resilience, including directing the secretary of agriculture to collect stakeholder input on a climate-smart agriculture and forestry strategy. As part of this process, USDA sought input from the public to ensure that relevant information is considered.