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Climate-smart labels for food debated as part of USDA funding initiative

11/17/21 6:42 AM By Steve Davies
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A potential “climate-smart” label for food and USDA’s authority to fund large-scale pilot projects using the Commodity Credit Corporation was among the many issues addressed in nearly 400 comments submitted on USDA’s proposed Climate-Smart and Agroforestry Partnership Initiative.
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