Climate-Resilient Organic Transition & Food Security Act
Help farmers go organic with tax credits and loans. Healthier soil. Better water. Safer food. Stronger farms—especially during droughts.
🌱 What Does This Bill Do?
Climate change is hurting farms—$50 billion in crop losses over 10 years! Organic and regenerative farms actually do BETTER in droughts because their soil holds more water. This bill helps farmers switch to organic with tax credits up to 40%, low-interest loans, and payments for healthy soil. It's 100% voluntary—no farmer is forced to do anything. Those who DO switch get rewarded!
🏛️ Four Big Goals
Go Organic
Tax credits and loans to help farmers transition to organic, regenerative, and biodynamic farming
Build Healthy Soil
Rewards for composting, cover crops, and no-till practices that build soil health
Save Water
Credits for water-efficient irrigation and practices that help soil absorb rain
Capture Carbon
Registry lets farmers earn money for storing carbon in healthy soil
🏆 Four Certification Tiers: Better Practices = Bigger Rewards
The more rigorous your certification, the bigger your tax credits and per-acre payments!
Demeter Biodynamic
ROC Gold
Advanced Add-On
USDA Organic
💰 Tax Credits for Farm Investments
Buy equipment that helps your organic farm? Get a big tax credit back!
🧪 Composting Systems
Equipment for making and managing compost and manure—turning waste into soil food.
💧 Smart Irrigation
Water-efficient systems, soil moisture monitors, and on-farm water storage.
🚜 Low-Impact Equipment
No-till planters, cover crop seeders, and precision tools that don't compact soil.
🌳 Trees & Hedgerows
Windbreaks, biodiversity plantings, and fruit/nut trees that build ecosystems.
🔧 What Counts as a "Qualified Investment"?
These farm improvements get tax credits from 25% to 40% depending on your tier:
Composting
Irrigation
No-Till Tools
Cover Crops
Trees
Solar/Wind
Human Harvest
Infrastructure
🏦 Low-Interest Loans Through SBA
Transitioning to organic costs money upfront. These loans help farmers through the switch.
Priority: Small farms, socially disadvantaged farmers, beginning farmers, veterans, climate-vulnerable regions
👷 Rewards for Human Harvesting
Heavy machinery compacts soil and hurts its ability to hold water. Farms that use more human workers get extra credits!
Human-Harvest Wage Credit
For farms where at least 70% of harvest work is done by humans instead of heavy machines.
Soil-Protection Equipment Bonus
For buying lighter equipment, hand tools, and systems that don't compact soil.
🌍 Carbon Sequestration Registry
Healthy soil captures carbon from the air. This registry lets farmers prove it and SELL carbon credits!
Measure Your Carbon
Free soil testing at 0-30cm and 30-60cm depths
Get Verified
NRCS checks 10% of farms annually
Sell Credits
You own your carbon credits—sell on open markets
Join Cooperatives
Small farms can pool credits together
📅 20-Year Program with Two Phases
Big incentives early to kickstart the transition, then gradual reduction as organic farming grows.
Phase I: Years 1-10
- Tier 1 Credit: 40%
- Tier 1 Per-Acre: $80/acre
- Human Harvest Credit: 15%
- Tax Credit Cap: $5B/year
- Per-Acre Cap: $1.5B/year
- Loan Forgiveness: Available
- Transition Bonuses: Available
Phase II: Years 11-20
- Tier 1 Credit: 20%
- Tier 1 Per-Acre: $40/acre
- Human Harvest Credit: 7.5%
- Tax Credit Cap: $2.5B/year
- Per-Acre Cap: $750M/year
- Loan Forgiveness: Ended
- Transition Bonuses: Ended
🛡️ Built-In Protections
100% Voluntary
No farmer forced to go organic. Your choice entirely.
Conventional Protected
No penalties for staying conventional. No private lawsuits.
Capped Spending
$500K/year per farmer. $5M lifetime. National caps too.
Automatic Phase-Out
50% reduction in Phase II. Further cuts if 40% of farms go organic.
Anti-Fraud
Public database. IG audits. Whistleblower rewards up to $10M.
20-Year Sunset
GAO evaluation in Year 18. Congress decides what's next.
🌱 Healthier Farms. Healthier Food. Healthier Planet.
Climate change is real. Droughts are increasing. But organic and regenerative farms can actually do BETTER in tough times—their soil holds more water and grows stronger roots. This bill rewards farmers who make the switch with tax credits, loans, and per-acre payments. 100% voluntary. No mandates. Just smart incentives for a resilient food supply. That's showing your work.
Gregory Burgess for Congress
No Party Preference • California's 2nd Congressional District
"Show Your Work" Campaign