09/28/2021
From Cotton's Week:
The House Agriculture Committee held a hearing on “Voluntary Carbon Markets in Agriculture and Forestry.” Witnesses included: Debbie Reed, Ecosystem Services Market Consortium and Ecosystems Market Research Consortium; Leo Bastos, Bayer; Brian Luoma, National Alliance of Forest Owners; David Antonioli, Verra; Callie Eideberg, Environmental Defense Fund; David Milligan, National Association of Wheat Growers; and Jeanne Merrill, California Climate and Agriculture Network.
During Chairman David Scott’s (D-GA) opening statement he noted that, “It is most important that agriculture, our industry, be at the point of the spear in dealing with climate change. Why? Nobody, no entity on earth is more dependent on the climate than agriculture. Our food production, the water we drink, our shelter from our forestry, textiles, our clothing. We can do without a lot of things, but we cannot do without food, water, our clothing, our shelter.”
In his opening statement, Ranking Member G.T. Thompson (R-PA) said, "I support the private marketplace and feel comfortable to let it potentially grow into a means of supporting farmers' journey to more sustainable practices or ultimately let it fail if the economics do not work for farmers and ranchers."
