USDA launches new Working Lands Climate Corps | The Mighty 790 KFGO - KFGO
USDA launches new Working Lands Climate Corps | The Mighty 790 KFGO | KFGO
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced a new effort to train the next generation of conservation and climate leaders. As part of President Biden’s historic American Climate Corps initiative, the Working Lands Climate Corps will provide technical training and career pathway opportunities for young people, helping them deliver economic benefits through climate-smart agriculture solutions for farmers and ranchers across the country, now and in the future. The Working Lands Climate Corps, in its first cohort, will aim to create service opportunities for more than 100 young people.
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Xochitl Torres Small made the announcement at the National Association of Conservation Districts annual meeting in San Diego. To date, more than 50,000 people have expressed interest in joining the American Climate Corps – and over the past several weeks, 2,200 people have participated in American Climate Corps listening sessions.
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is working in partnership with AmeriCorps, The Corps Network and the National Association of Conservation Districts in this effort.
USDA news release
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