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Sanders' Green New Deal looks to reshape US agriculture

08/22/19 11:42 AM By Philip Brasher
KEYWORDS Bernie Sanders carbon farming carbon sequestration Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Climate Change Conservation Stewardship Program Elizabeth Warren farm bill Green New Deal H-2A Rural Energy for America Program soil health
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is proposing a sweeping 10-year plan to carry out the Green New Deal and reshape U.S. agriculture through regulations and subsidies to reduce its environmental impact and push farmers into organic methods and smaller scales of production.
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