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FACA Co-Chair Discusses USDA’s Role in Climate Initiatives at House Ag Committee Hearing

by Ag Climate Alliance | Mar 16, 2022 | Releases

As the process to write the 2023 farm bill begins, the agriculture committees should address climate policy in a producer-focused way, said Chuck Conner, president and CEO of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives (NCFC) and a co-chair of the Food and Agriculture...

FACA Applauds USDA Investment in Climate-Smart Pilot Projects

by Ag Climate Alliance | Feb 7, 2022 | Releases

The more than 80 member organizations of the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance strongly commend USDA for advancing a voluntary, incentive-based approach to deploy climate-smart practices on working lands through its Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities....

FACA Encouraged by USDA Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Partnership Initiative

by Ag Climate Alliance | Sep 29, 2021 | Releases

Secretary Vilsack Credits FACA Recommendations The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA) is encouraged by USDA’s announcement today inviting proposals to advance voluntary climate-smart farming and forestry practices. The alliance is pleased to see USDA...

FACA Recommends USDA Use Pilot Projects to Build Toward a Carbon Bank

by Ag Climate Alliance | May 3, 2021 | Releases

Pilot projects will help reduce barriers to the use of climate-smart practices and fill gaps in voluntary carbon markets The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA), now more than 70 members strong, has worked over the past three months to develop specific...

Bipartisan Growing Climate Solutions Act Makes it Easier for Farmers, Ranchers and Forest Owners to Benefit from Voluntary Carbon Markets

by Ag Climate Alliance | Apr 20, 2021 | Releases

The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA) applauds the bipartisan re-introduction of the Growing Climate Solutions Act and thanks Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sen. Mike Braun (RInd.) for sponsoring the bill. The act...

Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance Members Testify on Opportunities to Tackle Climate Change in Senate Hearing

by Ag Climate Alliance | Mar 11, 2021 | Releases

Four witnesses representing the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance’s (FACA) founding organizations and co-chairs – American Farm Bureau Federation, Environmental Defense Fund, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives and National Farmers Union – testified today in...
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