Building Soil, Building Equity Initiative Offers Financial Incentives to Improve Farm Health

Accelerating Appalachia has launched its USDA Climate-Smart Commodities grant-funded Building Soil, Building Equity Initiative. The Farmer Fund will incentivize up to 400 producers in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Southern Ohio, and Northern Georgia to build soil health and expand conservation farming. The program will provide direct incentives up to $1,000 per acre for adoption of up to 12 specified farming and forestry practices. A total of $12 million in cash incentives and $6 million in training and marketing services is available.