CLIMATE SMART COMMODITIES
The Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing in climate-smart practice implementation across its programmatic offerings. Climate Smart Commodities projects range in scope to build and expand market opportunities for operations that implement climate-smart production practices on working lands to build soil health, sequester carbon and enhance productivity and commodity marketability.
INITIATIVES
IMPROVING ACCESS TO GRAZING RESOURCES
A project, in partnership with Farm Journal Foundation, Ecosystem Services Market Consortium, & The Yield Lab Institute, to enhance access to grazing resources and create sustainable pathways into climate-smart beef markets.
BUILDING RESILIENCY
A collaborative pilot project, in partnership with USDA Risk Management Agency, to recruit, train and increase the representation of minority insurance agents and loss adjusters working within their own communities.
REGENERATIVE AG PROJECTS
In partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund, IAC is conducting a 3-year study that evaluates environmental and financial factors impacting production to learn and understand more about regenerative practices in Indian Country.
REGENERATIVE AG PROJECTS
In partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund, IAC is conducting a 3-year study that evaluates environmental and financial factors impacting production to learn and understand more about regenerative practices in Indian Country.