In an effort to make sure all farmers have the opportunity to adopt climate smart practices and be rewarded for it, Truterra is reaching out to historically under-served producers with information about USDA’s Climate Smart Commodities Partnership project.
Truterra Outreach and Partnership Liaison John Porter says under-served producers include racial and ethnic minorities, veterans, beginning farmers, and limited resource farmers. “We also add in small farmers and women farmers for some of the programs,” said Porter. “Under-served means they’ve been left out of programs before, they’ve not had access to them before.”
Porter says they are working with organizations that represent these types of farmers to try and get information about the programs to them. “We’re providing resources so that all farmers can be on the journey together at the same time,” he said.
Learn more in this interview from Commodity Classic.
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