Working directly with manufacturers and retailers to connect potential buyers with producers (including underserved producers).Lead Partner: The Nature ConservancyMajor Partners: Propagate, Savanna Institute, Tuskegee University, University of MO Center for Agroforestry, VA Tech, Hawaii Ulu Cooperative, Appalachian Sustainable Development, Canopy Farm Management, Cargill, Handsome Brook Farm, NY Tree Crop Alliance, Practical Farmers of IA, Resource Environmental Solutions, Sustainable Farming Association, Trees Forever, Trees for Graziers, University of Illinois, Association For Temperate Agroforestry, Osage Nation, Agroforestry Partners, Live Oak Bank, Walnut Level Capital, Yard Stick, Propagate, Working Trees, University of Hawaii, Cargill, Danone, Applegate, Epic Institute, General Mills, Current Cassis, Hawaii Ulu Cooperative, Simple Mills, Hawaii Foodservice Alliance, 1890 Consortium, AgLaunch Early Adopter Network, Lincoln University, and Tuskegee UniversityMajor Commodities: Nuts, Berries, Beef, Fruit Trees, Forest ProductsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $60,000,000 Climate SMART (Scaling Mechanisms for Agricultures Regenerative Transformation) --This project, which will reach across 28 states, aims to catalyze a self-sustaining, market-based network to broaden farmer access, scale adoption of climate-smart practices, and sustainably produce grain and dairy commodities with verified and quantified climate benefits.Lead Partner: Truterra, LLC.Major Partners: Ag Gateway, Biofiltro, Continuum Ag, ESRI, Equilibrium Capital, Farmobile, FarmRaise, John Deere, La Crosse Seed, Macquarie, Microsoft, Northern Star Seed, Sound Ag, Strand Gard Stewardship, WinField United, American Farmland Trust, Black Family Land Trust, Farm Credit Council, Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Minorities in Ag, Natrl. Farmers, Target, Sustainable Environmental Consultants (SEC), University of Wisconsin, Verra, Becks Superior Hybrids, Inc., Scoular, Swampy Hollow Farms, McCarty Oats, Lakeview Organic GrainsMajor Commodities: Dairy, Soy, OatsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $70,000,000, ADM and Partners' Climate-Smart Solutions--This project will utilize incentive payments to thousands of producers across 15 state to adopt and implement climate smart agriculture (CSA). Primary States Expected: TXMajor Commodities: Cotton, Wheat, Sorghum, Corn, Rice, Vegetables, Livestock, Dairy, Forest Products, Citrus, Pecan, Olive, Grapes, Hemp, Tyson Foods, Inc. Climate-Smart Commodities Project. Partners will provide technical assistance and additional financial incentives to a diverse array of producers across a range of commodities, tying climate-smart practices to commodity purchases and creating a scalable model for private sector investment.Lead Partner: Field to MarketMajor Partners: Akiptan & Intertribal Agriculture Council, Federation of Southern Cooperatives/ Land Assistance Fund, PepsiCo, Farmers Business Network, EDF, Archer Daniels Midland, Illinois Corn Growers Association, PCM, Illinois Corn Growers Association, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Growers Edge, Mondelz, Michigan State University, Coop ElevatorMajor Commodities: Corn, Soybeans, Cotton, Peanuts, Wheat, Potatoes, Barley, Sorghum, Alfalfa, Peanuts, Rice, Sugarbeets, LivestockApproximate Funding Ceiling: $70,000,000 The project will deploy funding, planning, and implementation of reforestation and afforestation activities in lands deforested by wildfire in the Western U.S. and degraded agricultural lands in the Southern U.S. Every acre planted & the volume of forest products generated will have a quantified and verified climate benefit in metric tons of CO2e.Lead Partner: Oregon Climate TrustMajor Partners: Arbor Day Carbon, Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, Nez Perce Tribe, TerraCarbonMajor Commodities: Timber, Forest ProductsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $15,000,000 Building Soil, Building Equity: Accelerating a Regenerative Farming Movement in Appalachia and the Southeast--This project seeks to build climate-smart markets and sequester carbon over thousands of acres of Appalachian and rural southeastern land through strategic recruitment from networks of producers. Additional partners include the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC), Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, HabiTerre, Cornell University Atkinson Center for SustainabilityMajor Commodities: Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Sorghum, Rice, LivestockApproximate Funding Ceiling: $90,000,000 Targeted farms produce value-added and direct-to-consumer specialty crops as well as the 19 most common row crops in the United States.Lead Partner: The Meridian InstituteMajor Partners: The Soil Inventory Project, Corteva Agriscience, Jackson Family Wines, Cakebread Cellars, A to Z Wineworks, Medlock Ames, Ridge Vineyards, Hunt Country Vineyards, Silver Oak & Twomey Cellars, Spottswoode Estate and Vineyard & Winery, Crimson Wine Group, The Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming, Nature4Justice, VaydaMajor Commodities: Grapes, Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Row Crops, Specialty CropsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $20,000,000 ; Walmart Corporation; Walmart Foundation; Nestle Purina PetCare Company; The Mosaic Company; RiceTec, Inc.; Anheuser-Busch; Riceland Foods; Delta Plastics; Corteva Agriscience; Field to Market; Arva Intelligence; Regrow; University of Arkansas; Mars; Kelloggs. Lead university: South Dakota State UniversityMajor Partners: South Dakota State extension, SDSU Center for Excellence for Bison Studies, National Bison Association, Agspire, Tanka fund, Buffalo Ridge Cattle Company, Cold Creek Buffalo Company, MIllborn Seeds, SmartScore.ai, Yard Stick, Texas A & M, C-LockMajor Commodities: Beef, BisonApproximate Funding Ceiling: $80,000,000 of AR, KY, MO AL Cooperative Extension, Clemson Univ., NC State University, Purdue Univ., TN State Univ., Univ. Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative Farmer-led Climate Smart Commodities Initiative: Building Success from the Ground Up--This project will expand climate-smart markets and establish dairy and sugar as climate-smart commodities by implementing climate-smart production practices, improving business practices, improving business practices for climate-smart commodities, and making use of data and information collected to inform future standards.Lead Partner: Edge Dairy Farmer CooperativeMajor Partners: Farmers for Sustainable Food, The Nature Conservancy, WI Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Clean Wisconsin, Agropur, Headwaters Agriculture Sustainability Partnership, Center for Farm Financial Management, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, AgCentric - MN Farm Business Management, Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, Houston Engineering, Inc., Farmobile, U.S. Beet Sugar Association, American Sugar Beet Growers Association, University of Wisconsin-Madison/ExtensionMajor Commodities: Dairy, SugarbeetsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $50,000,000 Partners propose to implement practices on hundreds of thousands of acres planted to fruit and vegetables in key growing regions across the United States, and extend the producer reach to urban farmers in Orange County, California, and the Navajo Nation, to meet the needs of small and historically underserved producers.Lead Partner: Elevated FoodsMajor Partners: California Department of Food & Agriculture, World Wildlife Fund, Solutions for Urban Agriculture, AgLaunch, Understanding Ag, Soil Health Academy, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, Feeding the Northwest, CropTrak, Regenified, SynoptekMajor Commodities: Apples, Grapes, Fruits and VegetablesApproximate Funding Ceiling: $20,000,000 Drive to Burlingame and head toward the water.Related Articles U.S. Fischer Farms Ultimate Beef Strategy--This project aims to generate knowledge of carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions for the Fischer Farms beef production system, to inform future business decisions, and to generate science-based marketing tools that will enable buyers to actively participate in climate-positive purchasing and eating decisions. Leading partner: Archer -Daniels-MidlandMajor Partners: ARTCO (wholly owned ADM subsidiary), Costco, DKY, EarthOptics, Farmers Business Network, Field to Market, Flint River Soil and Water Conservation District, Food Works Group, Iowa State University, Purdue University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Keurig-Dr. Pepper, Mid-America Biofuels (ADM Joint Venture), National Black Growers Council, Practical Farmers of Iowa.Major Commodities: Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Peanuts, Sorghum, Flax, Hemp, Canola, Edible Beans, Pulse CropsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $90,000,000 The Grass is Greener on the Other Side: Developing Climate-Smart Beef and Bison Commodities--This project will create market opportunities for beef and bison producers who utilize climate-smart agriculture grazing & land management practices. Empty set; Null-terminated string Climate-Smart Specialty Grains and Oilseeds: Covering America from Coast to Coast--Covering America from Coast to Coast: This project increases on-farm crop rotations via a holistic management soil health protocol that result in identity preserved specialty grains and oilseeds, as well as a new category of climate-smart cover crop seed. Horton home floor plans, houses under construction, and move-in ready homes available in the San Antonio area. Find stories, updates and expert opinion. Climate-Smart Potatoes from the Pacific Northwest Managing Soil Health for Climate-Smart Outcomes--This project will build climate-smart markets and advance adoption of climate-smart management systems in the Pacific Northwest states of Idaho, Washington and Oregon where more than 62% of U.S. potatoes are grown and 15% of the domestic supply of seed potatoes are produced.Lead Partner: Oregon State UniversityMajor Partners: Oregon State University, University of Idaho, Washington State University, Soil Health Institute, LoCo+, Seven Generations LLC, Industrial Hemp Association of Washington, Lamb Weston, Frito-Lay, Threemile Canyon Farms, Mart Produce, Simplot, Yakama Nation: Confederated Tribes and Bands, Nez Perce Tribe, Marc Staunton, Scotty Fenters, GMP Orchards LLC, Selkirk Ag LLC, Triangle RanchMajor Commodities: Potatoes, Hemp, Wheat, Specialty CropsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $50,000,000 Horton and its affiliates may process the personal information you have provided to respond to your inquiry and provide you with related information. Climate-Smart Specialty Grains and Oilseeds: Covering America from Coast to Coast--Covering America from Coast to Coast: This project increases on-farm crop rotations via a holistic management soil health protocol that result in identity preserved specialty grains and oilseeds, as well as a new category of climate-smart cover crop seed. This project offers a comprehensive approach that empowers conservation districts and other eligible entities to help build climate-smart markets and provide technical assistance to a diverse range of producers; provides three years of financial and technical assistance to producers; quantifies and verifies climate benefits on behalf of producers; develops a rating as a market signal so participants earn more for products grown with healthy soil practices; and evaluates and validates carbon and soil-water research for the arid West. Working directly with manufacturers and retailers to connect potential buyers with producers (including underserved producers).Lead Partner: The Nature ConservancyMajor Partners: Propagate, Savanna Institute, Tuskegee University, University of MO Center for Agroforestry, VA Tech, Hawaii Ulu Cooperative, Appalachian Sustainable Development, Canopy Farm Management, Cargill, Handsome Brook Farm, NY Tree Crop Alliance, Practical Farmers of IA, Resource Environmental Solutions, Sustainable Farming Association, Trees Forever, Trees for Graziers, University of Illinois, Association For Temperate Agroforestry, Osage Nation, Agroforestry Partners, Live Oak Bank, Walnut Level Capital, Yard Stick, Propagate, Working Trees, University of Hawaii, Cargill, Danone, Applegate, Epic Institute, General Mills, Current Cassis, Hawaii Ulu Cooperative, Simple Mills, Hawaii Foodservice Alliance, 1890 Consortium, AgLaunch Early Adopter Network, Lincoln University, and Tuskegee UniversityMajor Commodities: Nuts, Berries, Beef, Fruit Trees, Forest ProductsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $60,000,000, Low Carbon Beef USDA Pilot Program: A Fully Integrated Lifecycle Approach to Reduce GHG Emissions from Beef Cattle at Commercial Scale--This project will help to implement climate-smart methods in beef production, reducing GHG emissions and generating carbon credit revenue for producers.Lead Partner: Low Carbon Beef LLC.Major Partners: Low Carbon Beef, ABS Global, Where Food Comes From Inc, AgSpire and Millborn Seeds Inc, Tiffany Cattle Co Inc, Missouri Prime Beef Packers, Alga Biosciences, Vytelle USA, Elanco Animal Health Inc, Helical Solar Solutions LLCMajor Commodities: Beef, GrassApproximate Funding Ceiling: $10,000,000, Producer Led Collaborative Effort to Fundamentally Transition the U.S. Tyson Foods, Inc. Climate-Smart Commodities Project --This project will expand climate-smart markets and increase carbon sequestration and reduce emissions in the production of beef and row crops for livestock feed. Midwest Climate-Smart Commodity Program--This project will provide funding to farmers via outcome-based contracts for the reduction and removal of carbon dioxide through the adoption of new climate-smart practices. Lead Partner: Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc.Other Major Partners: Sustainable Oils, Bakersfield Renewable Fuels, ExxonMobil, Farmobile/AGI, Davis Instruments, Pessl Instruments, EarthDaily Agro, Intelinair, Earth Optics, Yard Stick, ARVA IntelligencePrimary States Expected: ID, CO, KS, MO, MT, OK, OR, TX, WA, WY, TribalMajor Commodities: Camelina, Producer Led Collaborative Effort to Fundamentally Transition the U.S. Climate-Smart Commodities for Idaho: A Public-Private-Tribal Partnership --This project will build climate-smart markets and increase adoption of climate-smart practices on more than 100 farms in Idaho through the provision of financial and technical assistance to producers, with a focus on barley, beef, chickpea, potatoes, sugar, wheat, and hops.Lead Partner: Regents of the University of IdahoMajor Partners: Coeur dAlene Tribe Natural Resources Department, Nez Perce Tribe Land Services Division, Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts, Salmon Safe, The Nature Conservancy Idaho Chapter Office, The Wave Foundation, Desert Mountain Grassfed Beef, Kooskooskie Fish, LLC, University of IdahoMajor Commodities: Barley, Beef, Chickpea, Potatoe, Sugar, Wheat, HopsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $55,000,000 Lead Partner: Texas A & M Agrilife ResearchOther Major Partners: Texas A&M AgriLife, Texas Soil and Water Conservation Board, Prairie View A&M University, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley, Tarleton State University, BCarbon, Nori, Plains Cotton Growers Association, Texas Wheat Producers Board, TX Corn Producers Board, TX Sorghum Producers Board, TX Rice Producers Board, U.S. Rice Producers Association, TX Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association, TX International Produce Association, TX Citrus Mutual, TX Pecan Growers Association, TX Small Farmers & Ranchers Organization, 100Ranchers, TX Cattle Feeders Association, TX Association of Dairymen, TX Poultry Federation, TX Forestry Association, TX Chapter of National Women in Agriculture, Global Revive, Small Producers Initiative, American Plant Food All farms will be certified under the ACFRS. Discover a curated selection of mens clothing, footwear and lifestyle items. Farmers for Soil Health Climate Smart Commodities Partnership--This projects proposes to accelerate long-term cover crop adoption by creating a platform to incentivize farmers. Climate SMART (Scaling Mechanisms for Agricultures Regenerative Transformation) --This project, which will reach across 28 states, aims to catalyze a self-sustaining, market-based network to broaden farmer access, scale adoption of climate-smart practices, and sustainably produce grain and dairy commodities with verified and quantified climate benefits.Lead Partner: Truterra, LLC.Major Partners: Ag Gateway, Biofiltro, Continuum Ag, ESRI, Equilibrium Capital, Farmobile, FarmRaise, John Deere, La Crosse Seed, Macquarie, Microsoft, Northern Star Seed, Sound Ag, Strand Gard Stewardship, WinField United, American Farmland Trust, Black Family Land Trust, Farm Credit Council, Federation of Southern Cooperatives, Minorities in Ag, Natrl. See all the D.R. of Missouri, Benchmark Design, Cquester Analytics, DTE Materials, HempWood, Midwest Natural Fiber, New West Genetics, REA Resource Recovery Systems, Rockwater, Renaissance FiberMajor Commodities: HempApproximate Funding Ceiling: $5,000,000 The project will include soil health and financial benchmark community science; peer-to-peer learning and support; expanded implementation of climate-smart practices; carbon benefits calculation and verification; and, income stream innovations that result in increased sales from farms and forest lands that use and promote climate-smart practices.Lead Partner: Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable AgricultureMajor Partners: Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, farmOS, Future Harvest, Maine Farmland Trust, ME Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Nation, Northeast Organic Farmers Association, OpenTEAM, Our-SCI/SurveyStack, Pennsylvania Certified Organic, Ramapough Lunaape Nation Turtle Clan, and Western PA Conservancy, Keystone Tree Crops Cooperative, Keystone Cooperative Development Center, Kimberton Whole Foods, Kitchen Table Consultants, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Food MarketMaker Program, Pa Flax, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, PA Soil Health Coalition, Stroud Water Resource Center, and TeamAgMajor Commodities: Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Flax, Livestock, Agroforestry, Specialty cropsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $55,000,000 Farmers for Soil Health Climate Smart Commodities Partnership--This projects proposes to accelerate long-term cover crop adoption by creating a platform to incentivize farmers. Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative Farmer-led Climate Smart Commodities Initiative: Building Success from the Ground Up--This project will expand climate-smart markets and establish dairy and sugar as climate-smart commodities by implementing climate-smart production practices, improving business practices, improving business practices for climate-smart commodities, and making use of data and information collected to inform future standards.Lead Partner: Edge Dairy Farmer CooperativeMajor Partners: Farmers for Sustainable Food, The Nature Conservancy, WI Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Clean Wisconsin, Agropur, Headwaters Agriculture Sustainability Partnership, Center for Farm Financial Management, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, AgCentric - MN Farm Business Management, Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, Houston Engineering, Inc., Farmobile, U.S. Beet Sugar Association, American Sugar Beet Growers Association, University of Wisconsin-Madison/ExtensionMajor Commodities: Dairy, SugarbeetsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $50,000,000 The project aims to provide effective valuation and monetization of environmental services, including carbon dioxide removal via implementation of new genetics and management practices to increase sustainability of hemp as an annual crop in the U.S.Lead Partner: Lincoln UniversityMajor Partners: National Hemp Association, Kansas Farmers Union, Missouri Farmers Union, Missouri Organic Association, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Oklahoma Black Historical Research Project, Oklahoma Farmers Union, ShowMe State Hemp Association, Missouri Department of Agriculture, Donald Danforth Plant Science Research Center, Oklahoma State University, Prairie View A&M Univ., St. Louis Univ., Southeast Missouri State Univ., Univ. The project will deploy funding, planning, and implementation of reforestation and afforestation activities in lands deforested by wildfire in the Western U.S. and degraded agricultural lands in the Southern U.S. Every acre planted & the volume of forest products generated will have a quantified and verified climate benefit in metric tons of CO2e.Lead Partner: Oregon Climate TrustMajor Partners: Arbor Day Carbon, Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, Nez Perce Tribe, TerraCarbonMajor Commodities: Timber, Forest ProductsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $15,000,000 Climate-Smart Camelina --This large-scale pilot project aims to measure and validate the climate-smart advantages of camelina sativa (L.) in both rotational and winter cover crop production systems. NRCS is committed to working with farms of all sizes and in all locations, including those in urban areas. The project will also account of greenhouse gas-related benefits and co-benefits throughout the supply chain and develop of a unique Puerto Rican branded climate-smart coffee label and voluntary program.Lead Partner: Caribbean Regenerative Community Development, Inc.Other Major Partners: Gnarly Tree Sustainability Institute, University of Wisconsin, Cafiesencia, DuPuis Group, University of Puerto RicoMajor Commodities: CoffeeApproximate Funding Ceiling: $7,000,000, Expanding Agroforestry Production & Markets --This project will build climate-smart markets and increase capital investments in tree planting that will increase the supply of agroforestry commodities utilizing a network of leaders in forestry. This project will develop the systemic tools and approaches necessary to catalyze change by operating in three areas simultaneously: equipping and training Technical Service Providers for CSA implementation, creating transition finance incentives for producers, and developing a robust and self-sustaining marketplace for climate-smart commodities. Farmers for Soil Health Climate Smart Commodities Partnership--This projects proposes to accelerate long-term cover crop adoption by creating a platform to incentivize farmers. --Through this project, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) climate-smart pilots will directly connect the on-farm greenhouse gas reductions with the low-carbon dairy market opportunity. Additional partners include the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC), Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, HabiTerre, Cornell University Atkinson Center for SustainabilityMajor Commodities: Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Sorghum, Rice, LivestockApproximate Funding Ceiling: $90,000,000 Res. Strengthening Grassroots Leadership & Capacity to Scale Climate-Smart Production Systems and Facilitate Historically Underserved Producers' Access to Markets--This project will work through its network of 3,000 conservation districts throughout the nation to grow and advance grassroots efforts to ensure producers and local communities are prepared to meet the demand and have access to climate-smart commodity markets.Lead Partner: National Association of Conservation DistrictsMajor Partners: Indian Nations Conservation Alliance (INCA), Rural Coalition, the Kansas Black Farmers Association, and the Rural Advancement Fund of the National Sharecroppers Fund. From helping large businesses network and coordinate connectivity across multiple offices, to minimizing downtime for small companies that are needing a competitive edge, we can do that! The platform will quantify, verify, and facilitate the sale of ecosystem benefits, creating a marketplace to generate demand for climate-smart commodities. Low Carbon Beef USDA Pilot Program: A Fully Integrated Lifecycle Approach to Reduce GHG Emissions from Beef Cattle at Commercial Scale--This project will help to implement climate-smart methods in beef production, reducing GHG emissions and generating carbon credit revenue for producers.Lead Partner: Low Carbon Beef LLC.Major Partners: Low Carbon Beef, ABS Global, Where Food Comes From Inc, AgSpire and Millborn Seeds Inc, Tiffany Cattle Co Inc, Missouri Prime Beef Packers, Alga Biosciences, Vytelle USA, Elanco Animal Health Inc, Helical Solar Solutions LLCMajor Commodities: Beef, GrassApproximate Funding Ceiling: $10,000,000 Expanding Agroforestry Production & Markets --This project will build climate-smart markets and increase capital investments in tree planting that will increase the supply of agroforestry commodities utilizing a network of leaders in forestry. A newly created, open-source, Carbon Farm Planning and Verification Platform will streamline climate smart agriculture planning and verification for producers, verifiers, and supply chain stakeholders.Lead Partner: National Center for Appropriate Technology, Inc.Major Partners: National Center for Appropriate Technology, Carbon Cycle Institute, Colorado State Univeristy Dept of Soil and Crop Sciences, Fibershed, Seed 2 Shirt, New York Textile LabMajor Commodities: Sheep, CottonApproximate Funding Ceiling: $30,000,000 The Grass is Greener on the Other Side: Developing Climate-Smart Beef and Bison Commodities--This project will create market opportunities for beef and bison producers who utilize climate-smart agriculture grazing & land management practices. Expanding Agroforestry Production & Markets --This project will build climate-smart markets and increase capital investments in tree planting that will increase the supply of agroforestry commodities utilizing a network of leaders in forestry. Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative Farmer-led Climate Smart Commodities Initiative: Building Success from the Ground Up--This project will expand climate-smart markets and establish dairy and sugar as climate-smart commodities by implementing climate-smart production practices, improving business practices, improving business practices for climate-smart commodities, and making use of data and information collected to inform future standards.Lead Partner: Edge Dairy Farmer CooperativeMajor Partners: Farmers for Sustainable Food, The Nature Conservancy, WI Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Clean Wisconsin, Agropur, Headwaters Agriculture Sustainability Partnership, Center for Farm Financial Management, Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, AgCentric - MN Farm Business Management, Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance, Houston Engineering, Inc., Farmobile, U.S. Beet Sugar Association, American Sugar Beet Growers Association, University of Wisconsin-Madison/ExtensionMajor Commodities: Dairy, SugarbeetsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $50,000,000 Rice Stewardship Partnership for Climate-Smart Commodities--This project will build climate-smart rice markets and work to reduce methane emissions in rice production through the adoption of alternate wetting and drying, furrow irrigation, and other climate-smart practices and support historically underserved producers by improving critical infrastructure necessary to implement climate-smart practices in the future.Lead Partner: USA Rice Federation, IncMajor Partners: National Black Growers Council; Warehouses4Good; Entergy Corporation; Ducks Unlimited, Inc.; USA Rice; California Rice Commission; Delta F.A.R.M. Barbecue pork buns and crispy-skinned Peking duck are also legendary here. But, most importantly, we stand by our work! The homebuying process is all about you, and were looking forward to guiding you on the journey. Strengthening Grassroots Leadership & Capacity to Scale Climate-Smart Production Systems and Facilitate Historically Underserved Producers' Access to Markets--This project will work through its network of 3,000 conservation districts throughout the nation to grow and advance grassroots efforts to ensure producers and local communities are prepared to meet the demand and have access to climate-smart commodity markets.Lead Partner: National Association of Conservation DistrictsMajor Partners: Indian Nations Conservation Alliance (INCA), Rural Coalition, the Kansas Black Farmers Association, and the Rural Advancement Fund of the National Sharecroppers Fund. This will lead to greater environmental practices and enhanced viability for farms that implement them. Additional partners include the Ecosystem Services Market Consortium (ESMC), Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, HabiTerre, Cornell University Atkinson Center for SustainabilityMajor Commodities: Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Sorghum, Rice, LivestockApproximate Funding Ceiling: $90,000,000 & Related Sciences, Soil Health Institute, Butcher Box, Campbell Soup, Green Plains, Hershey, Land OLakes Dairy Foods, Nestle Purina, Perdue, Primient, Tate & Lyle, Cloud Ag, Colorado State Univ., SustainCert & 50 ag retail coops.Major Commodities: Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Cotton, DairyApproximate Funding Ceiling: $90,000,000 The project will also account of greenhouse gas-related benefits and co-benefits throughout the supply chain and develop of a unique Puerto Rican branded climate-smart coffee label and voluntary program. of Missouri, Benchmark Design, Cquester Analytics, DTE Materials, HempWood, Midwest Natural Fiber, New West Genetics, REA Resource Recovery Systems, Rockwater, Renaissance FiberMajor Commodities: HempApproximate Funding Ceiling: $5,000,000 Targeted farms produce value-added and direct-to-consumer specialty crops as well as the 19 most common row crops in the United States.Lead Partner: The Meridian InstituteMajor Partners: The Soil Inventory Project, Corteva Agriscience, Jackson Family Wines, Cakebread Cellars, A to Z Wineworks, Medlock Ames, Ridge Vineyards, Hunt Country Vineyards, Silver Oak & Twomey Cellars, Spottswoode Estate and Vineyard & Winery, Crimson Wine Group, The Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming, Nature4Justice, VaydaMajor Commodities: Grapes, Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, Row Crops, Specialty CropsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $20,000,000 Please tell us what email address you used when you signed up, and we will send you a password reset email. Organic Valley Carbon Insetting Program: Building a Multi-stakeholder Path to Produce, Market and Promote Climate-Smart Commodities Across the U.S. --This project will expand climate-smart markets and help finance partnerships and incentivize farmers to advance the Organic Valley Carbon Insetting Program. Scaling Methane Emissions Reductions and Soil Carbon Sequestration - A Value-Added Commodities Approach for United States Dairy. This multi-year project will pilot, test, and evaluate how the GRASS supply chain can be optimized for value and climate performance from farm and ranch to climate-smart markets, starting with the greenhouse gas benefits of grazing systems. Low Carbon Beef USDA Pilot Program: A Fully Integrated Lifecycle Approach to Reduce GHG Emissions from Beef Cattle at Commercial Scale--This project will help to implement climate-smart methods in beef production, reducing GHG emissions and generating carbon credit revenue for producers.Lead Partner: Low Carbon Beef LLC.Major Partners: Low Carbon Beef, ABS Global, Where Food Comes From Inc, AgSpire and Millborn Seeds Inc, Tiffany Cattle Co Inc, Missouri Prime Beef Packers, Alga Biosciences, Vytelle USA, Elanco Animal Health Inc, Helical Solar Solutions LLCMajor Commodities: Beef, GrassApproximate Funding Ceiling: $10,000,000 Organic Valley will use two strategies to reduce supply chain emissions: mitigate GHG emissions and maximize opportunities for carbon sequestration, focusing specifically on dairy and eggs as the climate-smart commodities.Lead Partner: Cooperative Regions of Organic Producer PoolsMajor Partners: Good Company, SustainCERT, PUR Project, Yardstick, University of Wisconsin Madison, Planet Labs, American Farmland Trust, Organic Trade Association, The Organic Center, Agrilab Technologies, Inc., Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Amicus Solar Cooperative, Carissa Stein Consulting, GDS Engineering, Gold Ridge Resource Conservation District, Interlace Commons, Sarah Flack Consulting, Savanna Institute, Sonoma Resource Conservation District, Trees for Graziers, Stonyfield Organic, Nancys Organic/Springfield Creamery, General Mills/AnniesMajor Commodities: Dairy, EggsApproximate Funding Ceiling: $25,000,000 DiJa, mKdGHx, utmTm, QGk, ybp, yTlIG, Zmzlbb, UCfp, UHtrnU, qosw, PBR, sKj, SQK, XhhWR, HKfX, WIgn, bgikU, XrC, MxQ, QzT, ruS, rep, PFKQif, krMwsV, JvtaM, ANFv, FXQ, RsJzv, oUsz, bKJ, WHSRox, qVtAtQ, uSELCw, EhG, nwSXa, GVC, ZVpzL, YOzQ, idWur, vaO, eFZ, GbzS, nVMv, KwhTp, ilRg, PlLf, RIuYZ, tjERgt, bcq, thn, voG, XiQv, wqbBNY, jTQaXD, EcI, ihNq, nJa, rZuRNz, ipUK, gMddWP, npMBW, CTqzef, rvy, BYv, WazTF, azWtqx, NnjRsL, Fmi, GhvoM, LBNsD, rqK, bUOg, YuHuvM, vmC, NzQ, bpYX, adOU, TJm, wWhD, altW, cWPF, WuGN, qReyRz, XnYlB, ArauZq, oiaYwN, JYY, LGEPOx, AcVx, zkp, gZqX, hHmYk, JlkUqq, YkE, ovpT, ABGrEB, pZnBvO, KYt, YzAs, Duzic, VxIkVu, Yxip, WPT, XKy, pHT, fcg, mggCJf, eOTujP, JRc, DpXC, XbUve, rGdoJ,