USDA

Comment to USDA on Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Land Stewardship Project, Missouri Rural Crisis Center, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Food and Water Watch and the National Family Farm Coalition welcome the opportunity to respond to the USDA’s request for information for a proposed Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program.

USDA Environmental Quality Incentives Program disproportionality funds industrial agriculture practices over real conservation practices

MINNEAPOLIS—A new report from the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) sheds light on how one U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), allocates funds and highlights the disproportionate level of funding received by industrial agriculture practices.

IATP Comments on Implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act

IATP submitted the following comment to the Natural Resources Conservation Service on implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).  The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy believes that the U.S. Department of Agriculture should move swiftly to ensure funds dedicated through the Inflation Reduction Act truly address the climate crisis.