{"id":23904,"date":"2022-02-08T09:09:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=23904"},"modified":"2022-02-08T15:22:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T22:22:04","slug":"usda-to-invest-1-billion-in-climate-smart-comodities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2022\/02\/08\/usda-to-invest-1-billion-in-climate-smart-comodities\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA to invest $1 billion in climate smart commodities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>From a USDA news release<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the USDA is investing $1 billion in partnerships to support America\u2019s climate-smart farmers, ranchers and forest landowners. The new <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D0012VdhFIAnti0hx69OSRg9g5YTkBh6cBeVVNurID-O65u6l-Kp5rMSixgMZQASWTF-vyvITxfu4BbrejzL6Hbqd2nlEZofUcCNm193Rl4R0xIHII31wV6UPY-1MZKBoLAiHl-7gHmezjTk0tdYFaTRc8v1QxeCGOhDZiG9yNbGArA_DyCSBBVn1qWtqNiXtjZfiNSgXzUMpmU%3D%26c%3DlzMdqwRA5bPl0Gz4HaXOkCeMzzm5S7ZXff1rkPwM4ZCtGyalqKy_SA%3D%3D%26ch%3DONOMCxNPQbWGUPZGRdZOitpOCaNa1Al7KvKG6i1BeJcLZcDQD3T_1w%3D%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csteve.lyle%40cdfa.ca.gov%7Ca781101dbe184c0f7f7408d9eb132fc5%7Cafdfd251a22248978cbaae68cabfffbc%7C0%7C0%7C637799289909894097%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=kRQLwhdfJHn%2BmLiAHIaqy6hHePx9WQodT%2F3ABormBag%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities<\/a> opportunity will finance pilot projects that create market opportunities for U.S. agricultural and forestry products that use climate-smart practices and include innovative, cost-effective ways to measure and verify greenhouse gas benefits. USDA is now accepting project applications for fiscal year 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmerica\u2019s farmers, ranchers, and forest owners are leading the way in implementing climate-smart solutions across their operations,\u201d said Vilsack. \u201cThrough Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities, USDA will provide targeted funding to meet national and global demand and expand market opportunities for climate-smart commodities to increase the competitive advantage of American producers. We want a broad array of agriculture and forestry to see themselves in this effort, including small and historically underserved producers as well as early adopters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the purposes of this funding opportunity, a climate-smart commodity is defined as an agricultural commodity that is produced using agricultural (farming, ranching or forestry) practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or sequester carbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding will be provided to partners through the USDA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D0012VdhFIAnti0hx69OSRg9g5YTkBh6cBeVVNurID-O65u6l-Kp5rMSi8LD40e3C7ZlnQVVmTiS7BIf6KtjzzpSMJCDYgXmUPlG0-_NNBWjrVesAvaviB9ZHSxlJ9JCVMx4tSvXOrrgXR7lOXEZHF3IWQ%3D%3D%26c%3DlzMdqwRA5bPl0Gz4HaXOkCeMzzm5S7ZXff1rkPwM4ZCtGyalqKy_SA%3D%3D%26ch%3DONOMCxNPQbWGUPZGRdZOitpOCaNa1Al7KvKG6i1BeJcLZcDQD3T_1w%3D%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csteve.lyle%40cdfa.ca.gov%7Ca781101dbe184c0f7f7408d9eb132fc5%7Cafdfd251a22248978cbaae68cabfffbc%7C0%7C0%7C637799289909894097%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=p2T4Jsq26EXdJLsZS%2BERDJ8a1%2BsTPiatrBWDDYkjDlI%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Commodity Credit Corporation<\/a> for pilot projects to provide incentives to producers and landowners to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>implement climate-smart production practices, activities, and systems on working lands,<\/li><li>measure\/quantify, monitor and verify the carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits associated with those practices, and<\/li><li>develop markets and promote the resulting climate-smart commodities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A range of public and private entities may apply, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>County, city or township governments<\/li><li>Special district governments<\/li><li>State governments<\/li><li>Small businesses<\/li><li>For profit organizations other than small businesses<\/li><li>Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)<\/li><li>Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)<\/li><li>Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) (other than institutions of higher education)<\/li><li>Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) (other than institutions of higher education)<\/li><li>Private institutions of higher education, or<\/li><li>Public and State-controlled institutions of higher education.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary applicant must be an entity, not an individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding will be provided in two funding pools, and applicants must submit their applications via <a href=\"https:\/\/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fr20.rs6.net%2Ftn.jsp%3Ff%3D0012VdhFIAnti0hx69OSRg9g5YTkBh6cBeVVNurID-O65u6l-Kp5rMSizc9-EmoMvCxScZzXQ901T6ALvQjwNP-IilISC4H1F96Y-BBTMD5B29skHuhC578QNuqKAAAMdmvEQB15sItsT7tPj_QuC08tw%3D%3D%26c%3DlzMdqwRA5bPl0Gz4HaXOkCeMzzm5S7ZXff1rkPwM4ZCtGyalqKy_SA%3D%3D%26ch%3DONOMCxNPQbWGUPZGRdZOitpOCaNa1Al7KvKG6i1BeJcLZcDQD3T_1w%3D%3D&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csteve.lyle%40cdfa.ca.gov%7Ca781101dbe184c0f7f7408d9eb132fc5%7Cafdfd251a22248978cbaae68cabfffbc%7C0%7C0%7C637799289909894097%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=RPdxTjCoHJRQHCvXXfQOla5KM5WBPu94z8Bou8xcXvk%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grants.gov<\/a> by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>April 8, 2022, for the first funding pool (proposals from $5 million to $100 million), and<\/li><li>May 27, 2022, for the second funding pool (proposals from $250,000 to $4,999,999).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Proposals must provide plans to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pilot implementation of climate-smart agriculture and\/or forestry practices on a large-scale, including meaningful involvement of small and\/or historically underserved producers;<\/li><li>Quantify, monitor, report and verify climate results; and<\/li><li>Develop markets and promote climate-smart commodities generated as a result of project activities<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/press-releases\/2022\/02\/07\/usda-invest-1-billion-climate-smart-commodities-expanding-markets\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a USDA news release USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the USDA is investing $1 billion in partnerships to support America\u2019s climate-smart farmers, ranchers and forest landowners. 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