A. Research
Research supporting organic agriculture in the United States was led by the private sector for many years due to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) general disregard for, and occasional hostility to, organic agriculture
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prior to the 1990s.1 In the 1970s and 1980s, a number of private research organizations such as the Rodale Institute, the Aprovecho Institute, and the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute were created to conduct and support research into organic and ecological farming.2 Their work to develop and proliferate new practices was instrumental in the growth of sustainable agriculture.
Foundations and private donors should support the work such research organizations are conducting on climate-friendly practices, in addition to helping fund new organizations devoted to carbon farming. Private companies, alone or in conjunction with philanthropic or government organizations, could accelerate research into potentially marketable climate-friendly products such as methane-reducing feed additives, enhanced-efficiency fertilizers, improved perennial crops, and precision application and monitoring technologies. Once developed, these products could be marketed or potentially provided through incentive and subsidy programs.
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- Congress’ expressed purpose for supporting agricultural research and extension is not only to increase the productivity of agriculture,7 but also to “[maintain and enhance] the natural resource base on which rural America and the United States agricultural economy depend.”8