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Mar. 6, 2023 POLITICO reports: More than a dozen farm groups including Farm Aid and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition are rallying for resilience this week, bringing in farmers from across the country to stump for the 2023 farm bill to address climate change. Background: The event's organizers say they'll ask lawmakers to make climate change a priority in the upcoming farm bill. They'll specifically call for farmer-led climate solutions, racial justice and a focus on farmers and communities, not corporations in the upcoming farm bill. Who, what, where: The first-of-its-kind event will bring hundreds of farmers to Capitol Hill to lobby for climate-change efforts. It will run from Monday to Wednesday, with a rally at Freedom Plaza and a march to Capitol Hill planned on Tuesday. Singer John Mellencamp will perform live at the event. In addition to the rally and march, electric tractors will be on display on the Mall and there will be demonstrations of regenerative agriculture techniques. On Wednesday, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) will participate in a media event with farmers and advocates pushing climate programs in the upcoming farm bill. The farmers and advocates will then visit Capitol Hill for a lobby day. The playing field: Climate and the farm bill's conservation title is shaping up to be one of the more contentious issues in the new farm bill. A bitter partisan battle has already surfaced over what to do with a nearly $20 billion injection into the USDA's voluntary conservation programs in the Inflation Reduction Act. Democrats and climate groups argue this money needs to be left where it is, while Republicans are eyeing taking a slice of it for other priorities, like the farm safety net. Tweet |
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