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Engaging farmers, ranchers, foresters as individuals and organizations in climate solutions.
Ag Action Team Monthly Call
When: 2nd Tuesdays
Time: 9 am PT – 10 am MT – 11 am CT – 12 noon ET
Where: On Zoom
Recordings of Recent Calls:
March 10, 2020 (discussion of study of impact of EICDA on ag by Bruce Johnson)
February 11, 2020 (Ron Trimmer talking about the discount for cover crops in Illinois)
Jan 14, 2020 (with ag action team members)
July 9, 2019 (with Debbie Reed, Ecosystems Services Market Consortium)
Ag Action Team Monthly Call
When: 2nd Tuesdays
Time: 9 am PT – 10 am MT – 11 am CT – 12 noon ET
Where: On Zoom
Recordings of Recent Calls:
March 10, 2020 (discussion of study of impact of EICDA on ag by Bruce Johnson)
February 11, 2020 (Ron Trimmer talking about the discount for cover crops in Illinois)
Jan 14, 2020 (with ag action team members)
July 9, 2019 (with Debbie Reed, Ecosystems Services Market Consortium)
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Members:
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Potential Secondary Ask Bills in Congress
Soil Health/Carbon Sequestration Bills in State Legislatures
Farmers and ranchers and foresters have the potential of becoming climate heroes by changing land use practices so that their systems create a net sink of greenhouse gases. They are the ones who can most efficiently scale up the effort to extract carbon from the air and store it in plants and soil.
The Ag Action Team is collecting bills that help farmers, ranchers, and/or foresters changing their land use practices so that their systems create a net sink of green house gases.
If you know of such a bill in Congress right now, please add it to this tracking spreadsheet for Potential Secondary Ask Bills.
If you would like to help vet these bills and determine the top three to submit to Danny and Ben for review, please add your contact information to the second page of the spreadsheet. Thanks.
CCLJune2019 Agriculture Lobbying Resources
Presentation Slides
Files
Grasstops Outreach
Coalition on Agriculture Greenhouse Gases
CCL volunteer Jan Storm serves as our delegate for this relationship.
Organic Consumers Association
Alexis Baden-Mayer, Political Director, has offered to connect CCL chapters with farmers. These farmers may be willing to host a tour for a member of Congress of their farm with a CCL chapter.
National Young Farmers Coalition
Would you like to reach out to young and beginning farmers? The National Young Farmers Coalition might be a good place to start looking for connections. Jan Storm, Kelly Lively, and Elli Sparks met with Michelle A.T. Hughes, Federal Policy Associate, while in DC for the CCL Conference in June 2019.
Soil Health/Carbon Sequestration Bills in State Legislatures
Farmers and ranchers and foresters have the potential of becoming climate heroes by changing land use practices so that their systems create a net sink of greenhouse gases. They are the ones who can most efficiently scale up the effort to extract carbon from the air and store it in plants and soil.
The Ag Action Team is collecting bills that help farmers, ranchers, and/or foresters changing their land use practices so that their systems create a net sink of green house gases.
If you know of such a bill in Congress right now, please add it to this tracking spreadsheet for Potential Secondary Ask Bills.
If you would like to help vet these bills and determine the top three to submit to Danny and Ben for review, please add your contact information to the second page of the spreadsheet. Thanks.
CCLJune2019 Agriculture Lobbying Resources
Presentation Slides
- Farmers & Agriculture: Making a CCL Presentation to the Ag Sector (Oct. 2019)
- Winning the Hearts and Minds of Your Member of Congress by Engaging the County Farm Bureau
- Climate Change Impacts & Agriculture (2018)
- Agriculture and Energy Innovation Act - CCL Laser Talk
- Farm Bureau policy on climate aligns with our bill
- Winning the Hearts and Minds of Your Members of Congress by Engaging the County Farm Bureau
- 'Agriculture at the Table' Webinars
- Former California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger at CCL Norcal Regional Conference 2019
Files
- LTEs Agriculture & Energy Innovation Act (written by CCL volunteers)
- Articles about Agriculture and Climate Impacts & Solutions (written by our volunteers)
Grasstops Outreach
Coalition on Agriculture Greenhouse Gases
CCL volunteer Jan Storm serves as our delegate for this relationship.
Organic Consumers Association
Alexis Baden-Mayer, Political Director, has offered to connect CCL chapters with farmers. These farmers may be willing to host a tour for a member of Congress of their farm with a CCL chapter.
National Young Farmers Coalition
Would you like to reach out to young and beginning farmers? The National Young Farmers Coalition might be a good place to start looking for connections. Jan Storm, Kelly Lively, and Elli Sparks met with Michelle A.T. Hughes, Federal Policy Associate, while in DC for the CCL Conference in June 2019.
- NYFC 2017 Young Farmers Survey
- Young Farmers Chapter Database
- Blog post on climate change and agriculture
- Podcast on IPCC report with one of the authors
- Their Communications Director is leading the effort to craft a climate statement with case studies - if you would like to follow up with them on this, please contact Elli
- Elli will help with connecting CCL staff with Young Farmers policy staff at the state and federal level
- You can help by Introducing any young farmers in the CCL network with Young Farmers and vice versa
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