Land Core Announces Updated Federal Soil Health Bill Tracker

We are pleased to announce updates to our Congressional Soil Health Bill Tracker. This tracker highlights bills introduced into U.S. Congress that could have a significant impact on soil health and resilience; potentially creating value, and addressing risks, for agricultural producers, businesses, and communities.

This expanded version of the tracker now features a bill summary, analysis, existing support and cosponsors, links to related materials, and the latest action in Congress for each bill. It is intended to be a robust source of information and potential engagement for the soil health community.

With government policy informing what and how we grow, how we innovate, and what kinds of risks we take and recognize, engagement in the policy process is critical for rebuilding a resilient, regenerative U.S. agriculture.

Soil health, and its diverse benefits – from increasing agricultural productivity and farm profitability, to creating jobs and supporting rural communities, to improving resilience on working lands – remains a keystone non-partisan issue in divided times.

With a shifting policy landscape and major legislative opportunities on the horizon in the new Biden-Harris Administration, we encourage individuals, farmers, scientists, activists, NGOs and businesses alike to use this tracker to identify and understand existing legislative proposals and opportunities for engagement.

The tracker currently contains bills introduced during the 116th Congress (01/2019-01/2021), organized by “core” and “ancillary” opportunities to advance soil health. The tracker will be updated biweekly, highlighting any new legislation and bills from the previous Congress that are reintroduced into the 117th Congress, as we expect many will be. Many of the major legislative opportunities will come in the form of omnibus bills that are not yet on the tracker.

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