Vilsack Pushes Climate Smart Farming, Biofuels at Agricultural Outlook Forum

The Agricultural Outlook Forum 2023 opened on Feb. 23, spotlighting climate-smart farming initiatives and expanding the U.S. biofuels industry.
In the symposium, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack highlighted both initiatives as a means for American farmers to “diversify” their income and boost profits.
“There’s a market value to that. So we have 141 projects that we’re funding and providing resources to de-risk our farmers from embracing climate-smart practices. And then linking them to markets that value those climate-smart practices and rewarding them,” Vilsack said during the event.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $3 billion into the projects Vilsack mentioned. The agency claims the initiatives will offer “direct, meaningful benefits” to farmers, particularly those in small and underserved communities….