Find all the organizations, agencies and universities that were funded for “Climate Smart Commodity” (CSC) projects
The USDA agenda for this funding: USDA is committed to supporting a diverse range of farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners through Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. This effort will expand markets for America’s climate-smart commodities, leverage the greenhouse gas benefits of climate-smart commodity production, and provide direct, meaningful benefits to production agriculture, including for small and underserved producers.
- USDA is investing more than $3.1 billion for 141 projects through this effort and all the projects require meaningful involvement of small and underserved producers through 2027.
- More about the funding objectives: https://www.usda.gov/climate-solutions/climate-smart-commodities
- Go here to find the funded projects across the US: https://publicdashboards.dl.usda.gov/#/site/FPAC_PUB/views/PartnershipsForClimate-SmartCommodities/Overview
NYS was awarded a CSC grant :NYS Climate Smart Farms & Forests
- NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
- NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets
- SUNY ESF
- Syracuse University
- Cornell University
Here is the Press for Cornell: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/09/60m-usda-grant-supports-nys-climate-smart-farms-and-forests
To note, the cost-share funding
- for NY farms will be disbursed by NYS Department of Ag & Markets, through the Climate Resilient Farming (CRF) program.
- for NY forests will be disbursed by NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, through the Regenerate NY program.
Here is a screenshot of the USDA CSC dashboard for navigating all of the projects administered across the US.
