LEWISTON, ID – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $3.1 billion in 141 selected projects under its Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the Biden-Harris Administration, through the USDA is investing an additional $325 million for 71 projects under the second funding pool of the effort, bringing the total investment from both funding pools to over $3.1 billion for 141 tentatively selected projects.
There are several projects which include regional entities, including the Nez Perce Tribe, Washington State University, and the University of Idaho.
Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities is working to expand markets for American producers who produce climate-smart commodities, leverage greenhouse gas benefits of climate-smart production, and provide meaningful benefits to producers, including small and underserved producers.
IDAHO/WASHINGTON:
- Climate-Smart Commodities for Idaho: A Public-Private-Tribal Partnership –This project will build climate-smart markets and increase adoption of climate-smart practices on more than 100 farms in Idaho through the provision of financial and technical assistance to producers, with a focus on barley, beef, chickpea, potatoes, sugar, wheat, and hops.
Lead Partner: Regents of the University of Idaho
Major Partners: Coeur d’Alene Tribe Natural Resources Department, Nez Perce Tribe Land Services Division, Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts, Salmon Safe, The Nature Conservancy Idaho Chapter Office, The Wave Foundation, Desert Mountain Grassfed Beef, Kooskooskie Fish, LLC, University of Idaho
Major Commodities: Barley, Beef, Chickpea, Potatoe, Sugar, Wheat, Hops
Approximate Funding Ceiling: $55,000,000 - Climate-Smart Potatoes from the Pacific Northwest Managing Soil Health for Climate-Smart Outcomes–This project will build climate-smart markets and advance adoption of climate-smart management systems in the Pacific Northwest states of Idaho, Washington and Oregon where more than 62% of U.S. potatoes are grown and 15% of the domestic supply of seed potatoes are produced.
Lead Partner: Oregon State University
Major Partners: Oregon State University, University of Idaho, Washington State University, Soil Health Institute, LoCo+, Seven Generations LLC, Industrial Hemp Association of Washington, Lamb Weston, Frito-Lay, Threemile Canyon Farms, Mart Produce, Simplot, Yakama Nation: Confederated Tribes and Bands, Nez Perce Tribe, Confederated Tribes of Colville, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Marc Staunton, Scotty Fenters, GMP Orchards LLC, Selkirk Ag LLC, Triangle Ranch
Major Commodities: Potatoes, Hemp, Wheat, Specialty Crops
Approximate Funding Ceiling: $50,000,000 - TRACT Program: Traceable Reforestation for America’s Carbon and Timber–This project addresses the need to expand and recover the nation’s forest estate to balance the demand for wood products with the increasing need for forests to serve as carbon reservoirs. The project will deploy funding, planning, and implementation of reforestation and afforestation activities in lands deforested by wildfire in the Western U.S. and degraded agricultural lands in the Southern U.S. Every acre planted & the volume of forest products generated will have a quantified and verified climate benefit in metric tons of CO2e.
Lead Partner: Oregon Climate Trust
Major Partners: Arbor Day Carbon, Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, Nez Perce Tribe, TerraCarbon
Major Commodities: Timber, Forest Products
Approximate Funding Ceiling: $15,000,000 - Climate-Smart Potatoes from the Pacific Northwest Managing Soil Health for Climate-Smart Outcomes–This project will build climate-smart markets and advance adoption of climate-smart management systems in the Pacific Northwest states of Idaho, Washington and Oregon where more than 62% of U.S. potatoes are grown and 15% of the domestic supply of seed potatoes are produced.
Lead Partner: Oregon State University
Major Partners: Oregon State University, University of Idaho, Washington State University, Soil Health Institute, LoCo+, Seven Generations LLC, Industrial Hemp Association of Washington, Lamb Weston, Frito-Lay, Threemile Canyon Farms, Mart Produce, Simplot, Yakama Nation: Confederated Tribes and Bands, Nez Perce Tribe, Confederated Tribes of Colville, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of Duck Valley Indian Reservation, Marc Staunton, Scotty Fenters, GMP Orchards LLC, Selkirk Ag LLC, Triangle Ranch
Major Commodities: Potatoes, Hemp, Wheat, Specialty Crops
Approximate Funding Ceiling: $50,000,000 - TRACT Program: Traceable Reforestation for America’s Carbon and Timber–This project addresses the need to expand and recover the nation’s forest estate to balance the demand for wood products with the increasing need for forests to serve as carbon reservoirs. The project will deploy funding, planning, and implementation of reforestation and afforestation activities in lands deforested by wildfire in the Western U.S. and degraded agricultural lands in the Southern U.S. Every acre planted & the volume of forest products generated will have a quantified and verified climate benefit in metric tons of CO2e.
Lead Partner: Oregon Climate Trust
Major Partners: Arbor Day Carbon, Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, Nez Perce Tribe, TerraCarbon
Major Commodities: Timber, Forest Products
Approximate Funding Ceiling: $15,000,000
