There is an ever-growing chorus of scientists, farmers, ranchers and businesses acknowledging healthy soil as one of the most effective tools to build resilience and mitigate the risks of flood and drought on agricultural land.
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In response to the request for information from the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Land Core recommends that Congress adopt the following suite of practical, non-partisan policies
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View the memo of recommendations submitted to NRCS-CIG regarding the implementation of the On-Farm Trials and Soil Health Demo Trials.
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Land Core submits comments to the Senate hearing on climate change and the agriculture sector. We focus on synergies in adaptation and mitigation, the importance of soil health in mitigating risk, and opportunities for Congress to create market-based incentives and infrastructure that will encourage more producers to focus proactively on building soil health.
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Land Core submitted comments to the first hearing on soil health in the 116th Congress that helped to shape the direction of this important moment for both Congress and USDA.
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Dear friends and colleagues,
We've been super busy here as you might imagine! As most of you know, the Farm Bill finally passed last week when we were in DC for meetings. While there's always more work to be done, from our perspective, it's a reasonable bill with some real wins for soil health.
We wanted to give you the news that although our amendment (to create an Outcomes-Verified Program) did not make it into the Farm Bill, the "Soil Health Demonstration Pilot Project" that we were also championing did get through... and we have a lot of support to get our language added down the line. Thank you and congratulations to all of you who signed our letter of support
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We are proud to announce that Aria McLauchlan, Co-Founder & Executive Director, of Land Core has been selected as a 2018 Stone Barns Exchange Fellow.
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