Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE, 8/23/19

The Vermont senator on Thursday released an eye-popping $16 trillion climate planthat would invest $410 billion to help farmers sequester carbon and cope with the effects of extreme weather. Sanders joins a chorus of other 2020 Democratic candidates seeking to pay producers to capture carbon and implement other green farming policies, but he's the first to put a price tag on the effort.

Sanders' plan calls for the agriculture industry to transition to regenerative practices by increasing spending for conservation programs to $24.85 billion, encouraging CAFOs to reduce their environmental footprint, and supporting organic farming. And it calls for farms to support renewable energy infrastructure, providing additional revenue to growers.

Sanders would also set aside $41 billion specifically for socially disadvantaged and beginning farmers "who have been historically underserved by USDA programs," the plan states.