RELEASE: Farmer Letter in Support of Agriculture Resilience Act Delivered to Bill Sponsor Representative Pingree
For Immediate Release
Contact Laura Zaks
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)
lzaks@sustainableagriculture.net
RELEASE: Farmer Letter in Support of Agriculture Resilience Act Delivered to Bill Sponsor Representative Pingree
Washington, DC, April 21, 2023 – Yesterday, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) delivered to Representative Pingree (D-ME) a letter in support of the Agriculture Resilience Act. Signed by over 1,000 farmers from 48 states and Puerto Rico, the letter outlines the fundamental threat that climate change presents to agriculture. However, it also points to the ways in which agriculture offers solutions to climate change.
…“Through its support for agriculture research, conservation, pasture-based livestock, farmland preservation and viability, on-farm renewable energy, and managing food loss and waste, the Agriculture Resilience Act invests in reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions,” said Cathy Day, Climate Policy Coordinator. “The investments provide farmer-led and incentive-based