Huber Broadband Needs To Be Part of Sustainability Conversation

As the Ag community works on improving sustainability and shrinking the industry’s carbon footprint, Betsy Huber says ensuring the latest technology must be part of the conversation. The President of the National Grange said sustainability means both preserving and conserving the soil, the water, the land, as well as the economic stability of U.S. farmers. And she added while agriculture will play a big role in the climate change debate, farmers can’t do it alone.

“Precision agriculture is part of that too, which also requires broadband, so we’re hoping that the broadband funding will increase the use of precision agriculture which will then save the farmers money, and also save the land by enabling less use of pesticides and herbicides.”

Huber said the Grange is also working to ensure that any legislative efforts to reduce greenhouse gasses is not penalizing or over-regulating for farmers nationwide.

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