Farm Bill & Carbon Removal: Policy Brief

The Carbon Business Council is pleased to announce our newest policy brief out now on the 2023 US Farm Bill. The Farm Bill is critical omnibus legislation, updated every five years, that governs the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) administration of U.S. working lands, forests, and aquaculture. The Bill’s reauthorization is one of Congress’s most important tasks in 2023 and represents a tremendous bipartisan opportunity to enhance and expand public sector support for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and other carbon management pathways that can deliver great economic and agronomic benefits to America’s farmers, ranchers, foresters, and agricultural communities. The brief covers working lands and agriculture, working forests, aquaculture, and more.

Thank you to our members for their input and ideas in making this happen, along with multiple stakeholders who provided invaluable feedback. Toby Bryce served as lead author. Ben Rubin and Isabella Corpora of the Carbon Business Council are co-authors. Working group members include: Alex Zhuk, Perennial; Bryan Eagle, Glanris; Chase Dwelle, Fix6; Delaney Pues, Foundation for Climate Restoration; Hanna Ojanen, Carbo Culture; Jonathan Loevner, Mast; Josh Shaeffer, Boomitra; Laurel Mills, Living Carbon; Laurel Tincher, Pull to Refresh; Lauren Breynaert, Myno Carbon; Megan Mayzelle, Written Progress; Morten Heick, Stiesdal; Patrick Mellor, Living Carbon; Radhika Moolgavkar, Nori; Sebastian Manhart, Carbonfuture; Shaw Newman, Mast; Trip Allen, Levitree. Thank you to our partners for their helpful review, including Jasmine Yu, ClearPath; Haley Leslie-Bole, World Resources Institute, and the team at Carbon180.

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