Friends of the Earth Statement in Response to USDA’s Climate-Smart Commodities Announcement

Friends of the Earth argues that the USDA's $2.8 billion funding for 'climate-smart' commodities projects constitutes a corporate giveaway to major agribusinesses, potentially enabling greenwashing and further agricultural consolidation.

• The USDA announced $2.8 billion in funding for 70 projects in the first round of the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program, with an additional $700 million expected for smaller projects.
• Friends of the Earth contends that the funding benefits 'egregious climate offenders' and large agribusinesses such as JBS, Cargill, ADM, and Tyson Foods, specifically citing a $60 million grant to Tyson Foods for 'climate-smart' beef.
• The organization argues these grants contradict President Biden's executive order to combat agricultural consolidation and may allow agribusinesses to greenwash emissions and collect farm data.

APA

Davison, J. (2022). Friends of the Earth Statement in Response to USDA’s Climate-Smart Commodities Announcement. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/news/usda-climate-smart-commodities/

Chicago

Davison, Jason. Friends of the Earth Statement in Response to USDA’s Climate-Smart Commodities Announcement. Friends of the Earth, 2022. https://foe.org/news/usda-climate-smart-commodities/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{davison2022friends, author = {Davison, Jason}, title = {{Friends of the Earth Statement in Response to USDA’s Climate-Smart Commodities Announcement}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {https://foe.org/news/usda-climate-smart-commodities/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }