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Climate-smart labels for food debated as part of USDA funding initiative

11/17/21 6:42 AM By Steve Davies
KEYWORDS agroforestry American Soybean Association anaerobic digesters climate-smart agriculture Commodity Credit Corp. cover crops Environmental Defense Fund Food & Water Watch National Association of Wheat Growers National Cattlemen's Beef Association National Milk Producers Federation National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Natural Resources Defense Council Organic Trade Association Public Lands council Savanna Institute silvopasture Tom Vilsack
A potential “climate-smart” label for food and USDA’s authority to fund large-scale pilot projects using the Commodity Credit Corporation was among the many issues addressed in nearly 400 comments submitted on USDA’s proposed Climate-Smart and Agroforestry Partnership Initiative.
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