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Tell Congress to Protect ‘Climate Guardrails’ to Support Regenerative Agriculture in the Farm Bill!
As Congress deliberates the next Farm Bill, a crucial piece of legislation shaping American agriculture, we have a unique opportunity to champion regenerative practices and make a positive impact on the climate.
What do we mean by regenerative agriculture?
Regenerative agriculture is a philosophy that utilizes a wide range of methods that go beyond organic. Regenerative farming and ranching practices nourish people and the earth through place-based methods that vary from grower to grower and region to region, yet follow certain principles.
What are the benefits of regenerative agriculture?
Regenerative agriculture not only benefits the environment by decreasing the burden of toxic chemicals that harm people and pollinators but also increases on-farm resilience to extreme weather events, increases yields while lowering on-farm costs, and boosts profitability. All the while, businesses can meet increasing consumer demand for more ethically produced products.
In addition, the principles behind regenerative agriculture are meant to restore soil fertility and ecosystem health, address inequity—making our economy more inclusive—and leave the water we drink, air we breathe, and land we grow our foods on in better shape for future generations.
Read the full list of ASBN’s Regenerative agriculture priorities here.
What’s at stake with the Farm Bill’s ‘Climate Guardrails’?
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provided a historic investment into climate-smart agriculture which has the potential to aid the transition to regenerative practices. However, there is a push for these funds to be reallocated to false climate solutions that would continue to prioritize business-as-usual large-scale producers and destructive practices. Without the ‘climate guardrails’ this opportunity will be lost!
Support Regenerative Agriculture and the ‘Climate Guardrails’! Take Action Today!
Join us in urging Congress to pass a farm bill prioritizing regenerative agriculture and protecting the IRA climate-smart funding!