agri-environmental

The 2008 farm bill created a new program to provide cost-share assistance for farmers converting to organic agriculture, and reshaped a key agri-environmental program that encourages better stewardship on farmland (now called the Conservation Stewardship Program).

Thomas Dobbs: What a New 'New Deal' Should and Should not Include for Agriculture and Rural America 2009

This means giving priority to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly the Food Stamp Program), agri-environmental programs like the Conservation Stewardship Program, healthy food programs such as the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, rural development programs (including ones for health care systems), programs to encourage local and regional food systems, and assistance for beginning farmers -- rather than priority to commodity subsidy programs, especially the subsidies going to very large farms.

Thomas Dobbs: What a New 'New Deal' Should and Should not Include for Agriculture and Rural America 2009

Some agri-environmental programs were added or strengthened, as were some programs aimed at giving school children and others greater access to fresh fruits and vegetables and other healthy foods.

Thomas Dobbs: What a New 'New Deal' Should and Should not Include for Agriculture and Rural America 2009

It is critical that rising commodity subsidies not crowd out valuable food, nutrition, agri-environmental, and rural development programs.

Thomas Dobbs: What a New 'New Deal' Should and Should not Include for Agriculture and Rural America 2009

Soil conservation programs remain, but starting in the mid-1980s, a much broader set of agri-environmental programs also began to evolve.

Thomas Dobbs: What a New 'New Deal' Should and Should not Include for Agriculture and Rural America 2009

We will restore to the agriculture budget the level of funding available under the previous Tir Mynydd Budget, establish a new agri-environmental scheme and ensure the Assembly government plays a leading role in discussions on CAP reform.

Archive 2007-06-01 2007

But the environmental charity believes the future of farmland bird species can be secured through the use of agri-environmental schemes which pay farmers to manage their land in a wildlife-friendly way.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

She said these included the agri-environmental scheme Glastir "that is so complex only 19% of farmers even expressed an interest in enrolling".

BBC News - Home 2011

The relatively simple measures in 'agri-environmental' schemes include leaving stubble over the winter, rather than ploughing the fields so seeds are available.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

Far from harming the environment, direct aid to farmers is linked to meeting EU legislation on the environment; ¤13bn are spent annually on rural development and agri-environmental measures.

The Guardian World News 2010