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A Time to Give Thanks
With a long Thanksgiving holiday weekend fast approaching, we felt it was appropriate to take a moment and use this space to give thanks for the actions and developments that have helped SfL advance and build support for enabling policies, programs and partnerships needed to meet food security, economic development, climate change and conservation of...
USDA to Launch Climate-Smart Ag and Forestry Partnership Initiative
To develop climate solutions that strengthen rural America, USDA is partnering with agriculture and forestry interests, as well as with rural communities, to finance the deployment of climate-smart farming and forestry practices to aid in the marketing of climate-smart agricultural commodities. Under the Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry...
A Farmer’s Reflections from COP 26
(The following guest blog was authored by SfL Co-Chair A.G. Kawamura, a California produce grower and shipper, a former state Secretary of Agriculture in California, and a member of the SfL contingent at the global climate negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland.) In December of 2009, I joined other elected California leaders in attending COP15 in Copenhagen,...
Agricultural Solutions to Climate Change Gaining Momentum
Solutions from the Land (SfL) leaders have been on the ground in Glasgow, Scotland, over the last two weeks, leading discussions among global negotiators and other delegates around agriculture's central role in providing solutions for climate change, as well as other intertwined global challenges like food and nutrition security, clean water,...
Retain Climate Smart Agriculture Provisions in Final Budget Agreement
As federal negotiators work to forge consensus on the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan, it is critically important that climate smart agriculture, water infrastructure and clean energy investments be retained. As SfL’s representatives have been championing this week in Glasgow at COP 26, the needs and...
SfL Steps Up to Represent Producers on the World Stage at COP 26
A strong Solutions from the Land delegation will be in Glasgow, Scotland, for the latest round of UN-staged, global climate negotiations. The 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is being hosted by the United Kingdom and is set to start Sunday and extend through November 12....
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An Agricultural Renaissance, led by innovative and entrepreneurial farmers, ranchers and foresters constructing sustainable, profitable and resilient systems that lay the foundation for a world of abundance on many scales capable of producing nutritious food, feed, fiber, clean energy, healthy ecosystems, quality livelihoods, and strong rural economies.