A National Webinar for Landowners, Farmers, Policy Makers and Concerned Citizens

Agriculture policy experts preview the Senate’s agriculture package and discuss how agriculture can benefit from proposed clean energy legislation, while providing the most cost-effective solutions to climate change. The discussion includes opportunities for farmers & ranchers, how a cap & trade system works, examples of success stories, comparison and contrast of legislation now in the House and the Senate, in addition to a lively question and answer session.

Featured Speakers

• Dennis Nuxoll; Senior Director, Government Relations, American Farmland Trust
  Dennis' Presentation: Agriculture's Opportunities in Clean Energy Legislation
• Dr. Mathew Roberts; Agricultural Economist, Ohio State University
  Dr. Roberts Presentation: Carbon Pricing and Agriculture, A Research Review
• Anita Zurbrugg; Assistant Director, Center for Agriculture in the Environment, American Farmland Trust
  

Background Reading

Role of Agriculture Under Proposed Climate Change Legislation

• New Study! Shows Net Economic Benefit to Agriculture through Clean Energy Legislation
• UPDATED Myths and Facts Surrounding Climate Change Legislation [PDF] 183 kB
• Agriculture's Role in a Cap and Trade System: An AFT Video Tutorial [MOV] 51.1MB
• Responses to a House Draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 [PDF] 83.5 kB

Economic Effects of ACES on Agriculture

• Summary of Recent Cost Impact Data for ACES Act 2009 [PDF] 1.68 MB
• The Value of a Carbon Offset Market for Agriculture [PDF] 231 kB
• USDA Analysis of the Economic Effects of ACES on Agriculture [PDF] 65kB

Agricultural Land and Offsetting Greenhouse Gasses

• Contributing to the Mitigation of Climate Change Using Rangeland Management [PDF] 102 kB
• Rangelands and Climate Change: A Synthesis and Challenges [PDF] 42 kB

Legislative Background

• Timeline of Significant Climate Dates
• View the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 text [PDF] 2.3MB

For more information please contact Jennifer Morrill, Director of Media Relations, 202-378-1255 or jmorrill@farmland.org.