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Digging into the House Farm Bill: Part 4

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Alternative Manure Management Practices (AMMP) The FFNSA does not contain a proposal to support AMMP technologies as envisioned in the ARA or the COWS Act. NSAC strongly supports the reinvestment of IRA funding into conservation programs’ baseline, however, the original climate-focus must also be retained.

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Why we’re in a critical period in the development of regenerative agriculture

Agritecture Blog

The project involves using alternative feeds, like seaweed, for cows (reducing those methane burps), better manure management and growing more grass and feed crops using regenerative agriculture. Producer premiums for regenerative products have begun to pop up but, as Bande notes, the financing mechanism must be “way broader” than this.

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Path to a New Farm Bill: Sustainable and Organic Research 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

While many of these priorities – such as agricultural climate adaptation and mitigation, MMRV of greenhouse gas emissions, and public cultivar development – are important additions to improve AFRI’s focus on agroecological research, without increased funding, AFRI will be limited in its ability to address these new priority areas.

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