The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (“FACA”) released a report titled:
Farm Bill Policy Priorities: Recommendations to the 118th Congress (“Recommendations”)
FACA describes itself as consisting of:
. . . organizations representing farmers, ranchers, forest owners, agribusinesses, manufacturers, the food and innovation sector, state governments, higher education associations, sportsmen and sportswomen, and environmental advocates.
The organization states that such groups have:
. . . broken through historical barriers to develop and promote shared climate policy priorities across the entire agriculture, food, and forestry value chains.
A 23-member Steering Committee developed the Recommendations and a list of those organizations can be found in the Executive Summary.
FACA developed recommendations for the upcoming Farm Bill that fall into six categories:
- Conservation, Risk Management and Credit
- Energy
- Food Waste
- Forestry
- Livestock and Dairy
- Research, Extension and Innovation
The Farm Bill is a package of legislation that Congress enacts roughly once every five years. It sets national agricultural, nutrition, conservation, and forestry policy.
Each Farm Bill has a unique title. The current Farm Bill is called the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and expires in 2023.
A copy of the Recommendations can be downloaded here.
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