These initial projects will expand markets for climate-smart commodities, leverage the greenhouse gas benefits of climate-smart commodity production and provide direct, meaningful benefits to production agriculture, including for small and underserved producers.
Among the 19 projects benefiting Pennsylvania are--
-- Expanding the Family Forest Carbon Program - American Forest Foundation, Women Owning Woodlands, The Nature Conservancy. $35 million
-- Farmers For Soil Health Climate Smart Commodities Partnership - National Fish & Wildlife Foundation. $95 million
-- Mid-Atlantic Conservation Innovation Fund Climate-Smart Commodities Project - Stroud Water Research Center, TeamAg, RedBarn Consulting, Alliance for Chesapeake Bay. $25 million
-- Expanding Agroforestry Production & Markets - The Nature Conservancy. $60 million
-- Climate-smart Agriculture that is profitable, Regenerative, Actionable, and Trustworthy (CARAT) – Penn State University. $25 million.
-- Connected Ag Climate-Smart Commodities Pilot Project – Farm Journal. $40 million.
-- Quantifying the Potential to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Increase Carbon Sequestration by Growing and Marketing Climate-Smart Commodities in the Southern Piedmont – Rodale Institute. $25 million.
-- Climate-Smart Farming & Marketing: Engaging in Community-Science – PASA Sustainable Agriculture. $55 million
Click Here for the complete list of projects.
Visit the NRCS-PA webpage to learn more about assistance available to landowners.
[Posted: September 14, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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