{"id":25307,"date":"2023-06-21T17:26:53","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T17:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=25307"},"modified":"2023-06-21T17:26:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T17:26:53","slug":"op-ed-support-increased-funding-in-the-2023-farm-bill-that-benefits-small-family-farms-landowners-cleaner-rivers-and-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=25307","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed Support increased funding in the 2023 Farm Bill that benefits small family farms, landowners, cleaner rivers, and streams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By: Brenda Shambaugh, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"attachment_24675\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BrendaSenateInfoSession.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24675\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24675\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BrendaSenateInfoSession-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BrendaSenateInfoSession-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BrendaSenateInfoSession-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BrendaSenateInfoSession.jpg 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brenda Shambaugh at the Senate Committee Information Session.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Did you know that over one-quarter of all the land in Pennsylvania is farmland? Of the 52,700 farms on this land, 88% are small producers making under $250,000 in gross revenue each year.<\/p>\r\n<p>Many farmers rely on federal Farm Bill conservation programs to adopt conservation practices. Congress will soon consider a 2023 Farm Bill, which could provide a unique opportunity to focus resources on farms in Pennsylvania, helping to ensure clean water for future generations, reduce pollution, bolster farms to weather climate change, and keep them operating with a profit.<\/p>\r\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Farm-Bill-Op-Ed-on-letterhead-6.2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to read the entire op-ed.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Brenda Shambaugh, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts Did you know that over one-quarter of all the land in Pennsylvania is farmland? Of the 52,700 farms on this land, 88% are small producers making under $250,000 in gross revenue each year. Many farmers rely on federal Farm Bill conservation programs to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}