Land Core Submits Comments to USDA on the Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad

USDA has the opportunity to transform how we support our producers in their transition to a more climate-resilient and regenerative agriculture system in the U.S.

In particular, there is enormous opportunity to advance critical infrastructure for the scaled adoption of soil health practices––resulting in production agriculture that reduces risk and is more profitable, productive and ecologically-sound––through non-legislative actions that can be initiated by setting agency priorities and enacting the following concrete recommendations.

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Earth Day brings major soil health legislation!

With the arrival of Earth Day, there has been a flurry of legislative activity in the US Congress, including some major proposals that impact soil health and agriculture.

We are thrilled to see some of Land Core’s key messages incorporated into a number of bills, with language supported by both parties and in both chambers! Read on for a recap of “need to know” bills.

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Land Core Publishes Soil Health & Agriculture Policy Recommendations for Biden-Harris Administration

Soil Health is a non-partisan, keystone issue that provides the common ground to move America forward.

These executive, legislative, and agency recommendations are designed to ensure the incoming administration has clear guidance on how to take bold action in advancing soil health to build a more resilient and profitable US agricultural system.

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Land Core Submits Comments to Senate Agriculture Committee Hearing to Review The Growing Climate Solutions Act (GCSA) of 2020

Land Core submits comments to the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Hearing to Review S. 3894, The Growing Climate Solutions Act (GCSA) of 2020.

This bipartisan bill recognizes the economic and environmental potential of improved land management, and the role of USDA in providing infrastructure to enable US producers to access private sector capital.

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Land Core Newsletter - December 2019

We hope this finds you well and warm.

Today is not only Giving Tuesday; it also happens to be the first birthday of Land Core’s official non-profit status! (We became a California public benefit corporation on Dec 3. 2018)

Help us build on the work we’ve achieved thus far, expand our small but mighty team, and launch us into the new decade.

Here are some of our highlights from an incredible 2019:

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