{"id":252103,"date":"2024-06-04T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/why-food-companies-must-act-now-to-protect-public-funding-for-climate-smart-agriculture\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T15:42:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T15:42:23","slug":"why-food-companies-must-act-now-to-protect-public-funding-for-climate-smart-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/why-food-companies-must-act-now-to-protect-public-funding-for-climate-smart-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Why food companies must act now to protect public funding for climate-smart agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"insight-content\">\n<p>The reauthorization of the farm bill, which offers critical funding to support farmers and food businesses, is currently being debated in Congress. This is a crucial moment to support farmers and businesses\u2014and major food companies need to make sure they take advantage of it.<\/p>\n<p>What is at stake? Billions of dollars in funding intended to help American farmers adopt innovative practices and protect their businesses from climate-related disasters. If done right, food companies will see increased farmer engagement in climate-smart agriculture, supporting farmers in remaining competitive and in participating in new markets as consumer trends shift to more sustainably produced products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food companies can use their voice in Washington to safeguard this essential funding for mitigating agricultural emissions and protecting food supply chains. Contact us to learn more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>How&#8230;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/business.edf.org\/insights\/why-food-companies-must-act-now-to-protect-public-funding-for-climate-smart-agriculture\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at business.edf.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reauthorization of the farm bill, which offers critical funding to support farmers and food businesses, is currently being debated in Congress. This is a crucial moment to support farmers and businesses\u2014and major food companies need to make sure they take advantage of it. What is at stake? Billions of dollars in funding intended to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":252104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[361],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.0 (Yoast SEO v20.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why food companies must act now to protect public funding for climate-smart agriculture - Republic of Green News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/business.edf.org\/insights\/why-food-companies-must-act-now-to-protect-public-funding-for-climate-smart-agriculture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why food companies must act now to protect public funding for climate-smart agriculture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The reauthorization of the farm bill, which offers critical funding to support farmers and food businesses, is currently being debated in Congress. 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