New York § 151-N - 151-NClimate resilient farming initiative

§ 151-N. 151-NClimate resilient farming initiative

§ 151-n. Climate resilient farming initiative. 1. The department, in cooperation with the state soil and water conservation committee, and other partners working on climate resilient farming shall encourage agricultural producers in urban, suburban and rural communities to reduce the effects of farming on climate change, such as greenhouse gas emissions, and adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change by improving and maintaining water management systems and soil health and resiliency. 2. The department shall promote best management practices for climate mitigation and soil resiliency, as informed by state policy, by the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Field Office Technical Guide and by research conducted by New York state institutions of higher education with expertise in soil health, and approved by the New York state soil and water conservation committee. 3. The department shall coordinate the climate resilient farming initiative with the agricultural environmental management program established in article eleven-A of this chapter and section eleven of the soil and water conservation districts law. 4. The commissioner and the state soil and water conservation committee are each empowered to promulgate such rules and regulations and to prescribe such forms as each shall deem necessary to effectuate the purpose of this section.