What is Climate-Smart?
What is It?
Climate change poses signficant challenges here in our community and across the globe. To minimize the emissions from agriculture, climate-smart agriculture was developed to increase productivity, enhance resilience, and reduce emissions.
What’s Being Done?
The USDA has committed to funding over $3.1 billion to support farmers and researchers working to identify ways agriculture can positively impact the environment. With the use of innovative growing practices farmers can make significant contributions to the health of the soil and its benefits to greenhouse gases.
How Can You Help?
Together, we can support farmers who implement positive practices on their farms to positively impact the environment. You can help by choosing Climate-Smart Farmers when buying food for you and your loved ones.
Partner Profiles the Southern Piedmont Climate-Smart Project Partners
Our project team combines perspectives from academic institutions, nonprofits, NGOs, and farmer associations to form one wholistic study of diverse vegetable farming in the Southern Piedmont.
Project Partner
Emory University is a leading research university, recognized internationally for its outstanding liberal arts colleges, graduate and professional schools, and one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic health care systems.
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Dr. Eri Saikawa
Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory College of Arts and Sciences
Project Partner
FarmRaise helps farmers find and access the funding, resources, and support they need to build successful, resilient farms. Through its digital platform, FarmRaise makes it easier for farmers to discover grants, cost-share programs, and other financial assistance opportunities and understand how to apply for them.
By simplifying the often-complicated process of finding and accessing agricultural funding, FarmRaise connects farmers with programs that can help them invest in their operations, adopt new practices, and strengthen their businesses for the future.
Project Partner
Rodale Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to growing the regenerative organic agriculture movement through rigorous research, farmer training, and education. Our groundbreaking science and direct farmer-support programs serve as a catalyst for change in farming and food production worldwide. Over our 75-year history, we have proven that organic farming is not only viable, but essential to humanity’s survival.
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Dr. Kristie Wendelberger
Southern Region Research Director