Summary/Abstract
The proposed Growing Climate Solutions Act (2020) directs the USDA to create a program that would help the agriculture sector gain access to revenue from greenhouse gas offset credit markets. The bill would establish USDA-certified protocols for farmers, ranch and forest owners seeking to develop projects that can generate offset credits under existing programs. It would offer a new revenue stream, where landowners and farmers could generate credits and earn money for activities ranging from reforestation to sequestering carbon in soil to capturing methane from livestock.