Climate Focused Agriculture Policy and More

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Taylor in Farming Resources, Funding, News, Policy, Politics, Publications, Sustainable Agriculture // 0 Comments

Sustainable Agriculture News from the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) includes A Call for Climate Focused Agriculture Policy and Healthy Food Access Projects Awards.

A Call for Climate Focused Agriculture Policy

In this guest blog post, Tara Ritter, Senior Program Associate with IATP (NSAC member), highlights the impacts of climate change on agriculture and shares the findings of NSAC‘s policy position paper on climate change released last week. The paper, co-authored by several members of NSAC’s Climate Change Subcommittee, reviews the latest science on climate change and agriculture and lays out policy recommendations to advance climate action to help farmers meet the challenge and be part of the solution. Recommendations for Climate Focused Agriculture Policy are Presented.

USDA NEWS

USDA Awards Over $41 Million for Healthy Food Access Projects

USDA recently announced $41.4 million in GusNIP Awards for FY 2019. The awards will fund 23 projects, including three NSAC member projects, that will increase SNAP participants’ ability to purchase fruits and vegetables at farmers markets, through CSA’s, and from traditional brick and mortar grocery stores. In addition to traditional SNAP incentive projects, FY 2019 awards will also fund two exciting new subprograms created by the new farm bill: produce prescriptions projects and technical assistance training.

NSAC NEWS

Note from the Coalition Director: Donate to NSAC and Your Gift is 4x Matched!

Until December 31, 2019, our friends at Patagonia will be doubling all donations made to the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) through our Patagonia Action Works website! Even better: the Nell Newman Foundation has offered our team another matching grant challenge, which means right now your donation can be tripled! Donations made through Patagonia Action Works for NSAC will count toward our Nell Newman challenge and help us to unlock those funds, stretching your dollars even further!