A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that in 2020, in the 12 Midwest states, over $56 million in federal conservation dollars were spent on industrial agricultural practices.
The latest United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) greenhouse gas data reaffirms the role of factory farms in driving up the agriculture sector’s emissions.
The following comment was delivered to Tim Sexton, MN Department of Transportation, and Andrea Vaubel, MN Department of Agriculture on January 5, 2022. Download a PDF of the comment.
The Biden administration’s approach to the climate crisis has been all-hands-on-deck. That means all departments and agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), are supposed to report to the White House on climate action steps.