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The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced two pools of funding last year to support pilot programs to help farmers transition to more sustainable farming practices, create new markets, grow revenue sources and create a system to verify and report data to prove to consumers that crops are produced sustainably.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited Arkansas on Friday to meet with farmers and to discuss new U.S. Department of Agriculture programs designed to increase sustainability.