The Levi Lyle Podcast Episode, Building Stronger Communities, is an interview with Joshua Laraby of the Fairfield Economic Development Association (FEDA). Learn a wealth of information intended to inspire community leaders with resources necessary to get the ball rolling for their own community development.  This resource provides many avenues to incentivization of community projects. Organizations which provide grants and assistance for tax abatements are discussed. Go to the Levi Lyle Youtube channel or the Patreon.com/LeviLylePodcast to view the visual version with links included in the Youtube description.

A growing number of start-ups are offering farmers compensation for the generation of agricultural carbon credits. Large corporations purchase credits in pursuit of reducing their environmental footprints. The Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021 cleared the US Senate June 24th making way for the development of a voluntary market in agricultural credits derived from prevention, reduction, or mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

While the Act creates a voluntary certification program managed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), there is still much unknown about the feasibility of developing new ecosystem services markets for farmers.

In this edition of the Levi Lyle Podcast, guest Ruth McCabe, Conservation Agronomist with Heartland Cooperative, offers clarity and insight into the question, “Should farmers participate?”