FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Laura Zaks

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

press@sustainableagriculture.net1

Tel. 347.563.6408

Release: Strong Farms, Strong Futures Act Introduced 

Washington, DC, July 18, 2025 – On Wednesday, Representatives Lauren Underwood (D-IL) and Zach Nunn (R-IA) introduced the Strong Farms, Strong Futures Act. This bill directs NRCS to establish region and production-specific climate change mitigation bundles within CSP. This expands options available to producers and increases financial support for practices that improve climate resilience and provide additional benefits like increased soil health and water quality. These incentives will help producers expand their climate stewardship and empower more producers to be leaders of America’s ongoing efforts to build innovative conservation systems. 

“The Strong Farms, Strong Futures Act provides ever greater producer choice in the Conservation Stewardship Program. This bill strengthens CSPs ability to provide robust cost-share for producers building complex, innovative conservation systems on their farms, conservation systems that will make them more resilient, profitable, and ecologically sound.” – Jesse Womack, Conservation Policy Specialist at NSAC.

The SFSFA builds on previous legislation introduced by Underwood, creating even more options for producers in CSP. The bill provides increased cost-share for important climate and conservation production systems, focusing the highest levels of cost share on producers doing the most complex conservation work within their operation. This bill ensures that producers who accept the risk of leadership in their conservation efforts are eligible for the highest levels of federal support. 

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About the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition is a grassroots alliance that advocates for federal policy reform supporting the long-term social, economic, and environmental sustainability of agriculture, natural resources, and rural communities. Learn more: https://sustainableagriculture.net/