Agriculture Resilience Act

This bill, introduced by Chellie Pingree, is dead this session, but bills that fail aren’t necessarily gone. They can be reintroduced, sometimes modified in ways that make them more passable. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition considers the bill one of the good things that happened in agriculture in 2020, so it’s something I’d like to look into when I’ve recovered from the holidays. Consider this post a tip or a placeholder. Here are a few links…

Nuts and bolts info from GovTrak

RFD TV did a story on the bill, in which they mention a white paper by the Rodale Institute. The paper says regenerative agriculture could sequester ALL of our annual carbon emissions.

American Farmland Trust in Politico

American Farmland Trust (AFT), a national non-profit, is reaching out to left-leaning political wonks with a paid message in Politico that we need to unify behind a push for regenerative agriculture, and the preservation of farmland and farms, for the sake of all of us, including the climate.

No, regenerative agriculture isn’t being oversold — it’s being underutilized.
John Piotti. “A green future for agriculture all Americans can get behind.”

So what do you think? Did AFT manage to make the subject sexy enough to attract attention? I found their suggested next moves for the incoming administration interesting :

Promotion of carbon markets in The Growing Climate Solutions Act
Encouraging regenerative practices in the next Farm Bill (more about this later)
Using a future economic stimulus bill to help farmers
Administrative moves on Biden’s part, like a national cover crop initiative