In helping better understand the role farmers and ranchers can play in mitigating climate impacts and creating new revenue streams for farmers with the creation of climate-smart commodities, USDA under the Biden administration established Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. In the first rollout of the novel program, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced USDA is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected projects under the first pool of funding, with $700,000 worth of projects in a second funding pool to be announced later this year.
Vilsack explains these resources will…
