Farmer Insights Drive America’s Conservation Ag Movement Peer-To-Peer Learning Communities
In the not-too-distant past, a paradox of some U.S. sustainable agriculture activities was that too often, farmers and ranchers weren’t at the table. Alternately, farmers and ranchers were invited to the table to clean up the leftovers—after the big decisions were made. Such an approach understandably left many farmers and ranchers with a bad taste […]
2021 Trust In Food Symposium to Highlight Trends in Carbon and Climate, Animal Ag and Innovation
Lenexa, Kan., (Feb. 22, 2021) — Trust In Food, a Farm Journal initiative, hosts this week the annual Trust In Food Symposium. This year’s event – themed Regenerative Reset – will bring together farmers, sustainability executives and conservation leaders to learn from one another and position their businesses to improve environmental stewardship, unlock economic opportunities […]
How Farmers Can Use Social Media to Influence Change in Their Community
One of the most exciting new ways we have seen farmers take steps forward in their conservation journey is by learning from peers in the industry via social media. They are then able to share their efforts with the public in the same way. Social media can be an incredible tool to bring conservation agriculture […]
New Research From Farm Journal’s Trust in Food and American Public Media Explores U.S. Farmers’ Relationship With Water
New Research From Farm Journal’s Trust in Food and American Public Media Explores U.S. Farmers’ Relationship With Water LENEXA, Kan., May 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Farmers across the country are primed to play an outsized role in the protection and conservation of the nation’s water resources, including supporting downstream communities and ecosystems, according to new research from Farm […]
New Research Highlights Farmer Perspectives on Farm-Level Data Collection and Sharing
First-of-its-kind report from Farm Journal’s Trust In Food initiative and The Sustainability Consortium explores the complex relationship among farmers, their operation’s production data and conservation. LENEXA, Kan., May 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Several challenges prevent farmers from collecting and sharing data on production practices with downstream supply chain organizations, such as food companies and retailers, according to new […]
Farm Journal Foundation and USDA’s NRCS Announce $2 Million Agreement
Partnership will support educational outreach to farmers and ranchers around conservation practices and the sustainable production of food through America’s Conservation Ag Movement, a program of Trust In Food™, a Farm Journal initiative WASHINGTON, April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) today announced a cooperative agreement with the Farm Journal Foundation to provide funds to support […]