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Grown Climate Smart Spotlighted in USDA Video on Sustainable Agriculture
Grown Climate Smart | January 8, 2024
Clinton, WI, January 8, 2025 - Grown Climate Smart has been recognized as a leader in conservation agriculture, driving the integration of climate-smart ingredients into consumer products. By supporting sustainable practices on the farm, the program connects these efforts to the products consumers use, helping champion climate-smart agriculture across the market.
The USDA recently released the video "From Seed to Sip: Cheers to a Sustainable New Year's Resolution," featuring farmer Graham Adsit, Grown Climate Smart Program Manager Matt Woods, and Pat McQuillan, Co-Founder/President of Central Standard Craft Distillery. The distillery incorporates climate-smart grain into its spirits, showcasing how sustainability can be integrated into high-quality consumer goods.
Grown Climate Smart continues to advance conservation agriculture, creating opportunities for farmers and offering consumers sustainable choices.
Watch the video below or to read the full write up visit farmers.gov.
From Seed to Sip: Cheers to a Sustainable New Years Resolution
For those whose New Year’s resolution is to reduce their carbon footprint, it may be as simple as taking a sip. So celebrate the start of the new year with another toast – drinking sustainable spirits funded through USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities. The DeLong Co., Inc.’s “Grown Climate Smart” project is one of approximately 140 projects across the country that the USDA has invested $3 billion to build and expand markets for commodities made with climate-smart practices. The company partnered with Central Standard Craft Distillery, helping the distillery use locally sourced, climate-smart crops and grains, like those being grown by Graham Adsit, a Wisconsin producer and mill owner participating in the program. He provides most of the mash needs for the distillery which is offering a number of products under the “Grown Climate Smart” label – including bourbon, whiskey, vodka, gin and pour-ready cocktails.
