American Farmland Trust President to testify at hearing on The Next Farm Bill
The testimony will be given in room 1300 of the Longworth Building beginning at 10 AM. It can be live-streamed through the House Agriculture Committee’s website.
He will make the following key points on the importance of:
• Maintaining Funding for the Farm Bill Conservation Title AFT views the conservation title programs as an essential set of tools to address the complex needs of America’s farmers and ranchers. Each program has demonstrated value to producers and landowners to achieve specific outcomes tailored to their needs.
• Protecting Funding for and Streamlining the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) Farmland is a necessary part of our country’s infrastructure. Protecting farmland from development protects the foundation of our agriculture and agriculture-related industries, which contribute $985 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product.
• Strengthening the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) RCPP is an innovative program that brings together a diverse array of partners with technical and scientific expertise and leverages private sector dollars. RCPP projects can focus on specific natural resource concerns in specific geographies to magnify desired conservation outcomes.
For more information:
American Farmland Trust
Phoebe Silag
Tel: +1 202 378 1216
[email protected]
www.farmland.org
