Minnesota legislators are considering a bill that would incentivize practices that promote soil health.
Amanda Koehler with the Land Stewardship Project says their farmer-members helped write the “Soil Healthy Farming Bill” introduced in the House by Northfield Democrat Todd Lippert and Kent Eken of Twin Valley in the Senate.
“The bill has a few different parts. It sets goals for soil healthy farming in Minnesota, 50 percent of farmers by 2030, 100 percent of farmers by 2035, and 100 percent of acres by 2040.”
Coinciding with those goals, the bill provides farmers with accessible grants and direct payments for the adoption of rotational grazing, perennial cropping systems, cover cropping systems, or no-till.
