Farmers are getting paid to reduce carbon emissions or to keep carbon trapped in the ground. Organic Valley is getting up to $25 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help its members become 'climate-smart'. They’re going to provide payment or other incentives to 500 of their member farmers over the next five years to lower their carbon footprint. Nicole Rakobitsch is the director of sustainability at Organic Valley. She says a climate-smart practice is really anything that reduces greenhouse gas emissions or sequesters carbon in trees or soil. Organic Valley’s Carbon Insetting Program aims to reduce the carbon footprint of the supply chain for their dairy and eggs. The cooperative is just one of more than a dozen Wisconsin recipients of these 'climate-smart' dollars from the federal government. You can learn more about the initiative at https://www.midwestfarmreport.com/ -- just search "climate-smart".

Farmers are getting paid to reduce carbon emissions or to keep carbon trapped in the ground. Organic Valley is getting up to $25 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help its members become 'climate-smart'. They’re going to provide payment or other incentives to 500 of their member farmers over the next five years to lower their carbon footprint. Nicole Rakobitsch is the director of sustainability at Organic Valley. She says a climate-smart practice is really anything that reduces greenhouse gas emissions or sequesters carbon in trees or soil. Organic Valley’s Carbon Insetting Program aims to reduce the carbon footprint of the supply chain for their dairy and eggs. The cooperative is just one of more than a dozen Wisconsin recipients of these 'climate-smart' dollars from the federal government. You can learn more about the initiative at <a href="https://www.midwestfarmreport.com/">https://www.midwestfarmreport.com/</a> -- just search "climate-smart".

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