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National Association of Conservation Districts Approves Principles for 2012 Farm Bill
Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:40:29 CDT
The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) Board of Directors has approved a set of principles to guide the association's advocacy efforts in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill.
"It's critical that we secure our natural resource base for today and future generations," said NACD President Gene Schmidt. "NACD's Farm Bill principles support conservation programs that are resource-driven and locally-led, with sufficient flexibility to direct funding to local priorities and resource concerns. These programs are crucial to the health and viability of agriculture and rural America; and with increased pressures on working lands to produce food, feed, fuel and fiber for our nation and the world, these programs are needed now more than ever."
NACD Supports a Farm Bill Conservation Title that:
-Is resource-driven and locally-led.
-Fully funds technical assistance needs for planning and program implementation.
-Maintains the funding commitment made in the 2008 Farm Bill to continue critical conservation programs.
-Consolidates NRCS Farm Bill conservation programs to improve efficiency, simplify the application process, and better utilize available program funding.
-Maintains a commitment to conservation practices on working lands that produce much-needed food, feed, fuel, and fiber.
-Strengthens education and outreach efforts to enhance producer knowledge of conservation systems.
-Supports sustainable and renewable energy from agriculture and forestry.
-Supports new approaches to conservation and new conservation technologies.
Click here to read the full set of approved principles.
The principles were approved during the NACD 2011 Summer Board Meeting and Legislative conference, July 16-19 in Washington, D.C. For more information, click here.
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