Hearing – Sustainable Farms & Fields Bill SB 5947

From Climate at the Legislature:

November 22 – 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Rural Development, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Committee
House Hearing Rm B, John L. O’Brien Building

Work Session: Sustainable Farms and Fields –  Update on the Stakeholder Process and Report to the Legislature Funded in the 2019-21 Operating Budget.

From CarbonWA:

This bill would reduce carbon emissions in the agricultural and farming sectors in 3 ways:

  1. Reducing carbon emissions generated throughout farming and ranch process including from fertilizers, pesticides, and fuels.
  2. Adoption of regenerative agricultural practice like no-till, cover-cropping, manure, compost, and biochar additions.
  3. Agroforestry, the addition of new trees and shrubs on agricultural and ranch settings that sequester carbon.

Read more about the Sustainable Farms and Fields Bill

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