Washington, DC, January 8, 2024 – NSAC is pleased to announce the upcoming roundtable highlighting the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) transformational investments in climate and clean energy solutions for America’s food producers, hosted by members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC). This briefing builds on NSAC’s work sharing farmer climate stories through its recent farmer climate media project and offers a chance to deliver those stories directly to lawmakers. For details, please see the SEEC media advisory below:
**ADVISORY FOR JANUARY 11, 2024**
THURSDAY: SEEC Celebrates America’s Food Producers Implementing Climate-Smart Conservation
Roundtable with SEEC Members & farmers that are working to secure a climate-resilient food supply chain with the help of the Inflation Reduction Act’s conservation investments.
Members of the House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) are hosting a roundtable highlighting the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) transformational investments in climate and clean energy solutions for America’s food producers. Farmers from across the nation will talk about how the IRA provided much-needed assistance to producers who have long sought for funding from the United States Department of Agriculture’s conservation programs. This meeting is the third part of a series aimed at uplifting Inflation Reduction Act wins for America. This event will be livestreamed on YouTube and will be OPEN PRESS and PUBLIC.
WHEN:
Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
WHO:
SEEC Climate and Agriculture Task Force Co-Chair Chellie Pingree
SEEC Climate and Agriculture Task Force Co-Chair Kim Schrier
SEEC Members of Congress Lindi and Jared Phillips (Branch Mountain Farm; Lincoln, AR)
Denise and John Jamerson (Legacy Taste of the Garden; Princeton, IN)
Pryor Garnett (Garnetts Red Prairie Farm; Sheridan, OR)
Ariana Taylor-Stanley (Here We Are Farm; Trumansburg, NY)
Mike Lavender (Policy Director, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition)
WHERE:
2168 Rayburn House Office Building,
45 Independence AVE SW,
Washington, DC, 20515
NOTE:
Please RSVP to Sheron.luk@mail.house.gov.
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The Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) is a coalition of 93 members of the U.S. House of Representatives that was founded in January 2009 to be a focused, active, and effective coalition for advancing policies that address climate change, promote clean energy innovation and domestic manufacturing, develop renewable energy resources, create family-sustaining clean jobs, protect our nation’s air, water, and natural environment, and promote environmental justice.
SEEC Co-Chairs are Reps. Doris Matsui (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), and Paul Tonko (D-NY).
SEEC Vice Chairs are Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA), Matt Cartwright (D-PA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), and Katie Porter (D-CA). SEEC Chair Emeritus is Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA).
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