Source: Jacqui Fatka, FARM PROGRESS, 6/24/21


When the Senate can achieve 55 co-sponsors and 92 votes in favor of a bill, it must be significant. And for farmers, the advanced Growing Climate Solutions Act fresh off the Senate floor could be beneficial in offering them new revenue streams for climate smart agricultural practices and start to offer solutions in a voluntary, producer-led foundation for addressing the climate. “This is a very important part of the puzzle as we come together on addressing the climate crisis,” says lead author of the bill and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.

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