U.S. Sorghum Doubles Down On Sustainability Focus
There’s plenty of excitement in regenerative agriculture circles about the environmental potential of new perennial grains under development by organizations such as The Land Institute—and rightly so. Yet a longtime U.S. grain planted to 5.8 million acres in 2020 with a powerful sustainability story too often hasn’t broken into the conversation: Sorghum. With more manufacturers […]
U.S. Farmers And UN SDGs: A Market Access Opportunity – Part 1
This guest editorial was shared by Jay Vroom, chairman, Trust In Food and America’s Conservation Ag Movement Board of Advisers. I’ve been connected to U.S. production agriculture my entire life. From growing up on a grain and livestock farm in Illinois (which I still own) to working in my career in ag trade associations, I’ve […]
How Much Can Farming Address Climate Change?
During Day 1 of our 2021 Trust In Food Symposium: Regenerative Reset event held in February, Trust In Food posed the question, “How much can farming address climate change?” In this 90-minute session, moderated by Trust In Food’s Executive Vice President Amy Skoczlas Cole, we heard from Dr. Jonathan Foley of Project Drawdown on the role […]
5 Perennial Ag Questions The Land Institute Answered at 2021 Top Producer Summit
If you’ve been reading ag news headlines or listening to podcasts about ag innovations and the future of the industry, you’ve probably heard about perennial agriculture. On the surface, perennial crops don’t appear to be too nuanced: perennial essentially means plants grow back after they are harvested. But what about perennial agriculture as an alternative […]
Farmer Perspectives on Water
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 Journal’s Trust In Food initiative. This project undertook a national survey of more than 900 farmers representing nearly every state and major […]
Farmer Perspectives on Data
An ongoing research program with The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) to identify behavioral trends in how farmers collect and share their production-level data and how they feel about it. THE ISSUE: Farm-level data collection and sharing is critically low Farm-level production data is a critical element for environmental, financial, and social sustainability of farm operations. Without […]