America’s Conservation Ag Movement, Valent Launch Conservation = Innovation Video Series
Four row-crop farm families across Kansas and Missouri share their learning experiences using both products and practices to optimize production and stewardship. Lenexa, Kan., (Nov. 16, 2022) – Farm Journal’s Trust In Food™ and Valent U.S.A. launched a new video series this month spotlighting row-crop farmers who balance products, technology and conservation practices to optimize […]
Growing Specialty Crop Farm Thrives With Conservation At Its Core
California’s JSM Organics leverages technical assistance and cost-share programs to bolster agronomics and infrastructure while optimizing natural resources.
How Conservation Farming In Southwest Nebraska Makes Sunny Heights Farm Viable
Tracy Zink builds on the legacy of previous generations to implement climate-smart practices that optimize her water and save her soils.
How An Arkansas Farmer Found Counsel For Climate-Smart Practices To Grow The Best Crop
Lawrence Conyer explores how conservation practices have helped him build resiliency, grow at scale and generate the best agronomic and financial conditions for his operation.
Arkansas Farmer Finds Sweet Spot For Conservation Practices With Customization
Regeneration is a long-term vision, and in the short term, practices must make sense for the crop, field and operation.
Baltimore Farm Nourishes The Community While Promoting Knowledge, Passion For Climate-Smart Ag
Urban farm transforms vacant space to an educational asset where the community learns farming, community health and wellness.
Indiana Farmer Steps Outside His Comfort Zone To Boost Resiliency, Reduce Pest Pressure With Climate-Smart Ag
Editor’s note: America’s Conservation Ag Movement has embraced farmer-to-farmer knowledge transfer as a key pillar in the strategy to accelerate regenerative ag practice adoption. At the center of the farmer learning communities, exceptional farmers have stepped forward to lead these efforts in their communities. These individuals are leaders in their own innovation and implementation of practices and […]
The Movement Starts With “Farming Weird” And Is Accelerated By Our Community
Most columns published in early January will contain a list of resolutions or outlooks for the New Year, but not this one. Not because I don’t have lists and hopes for 2022, quite the contrary. Instead, I’d like to spotlight, thanks in part due to some great threads on social media, the role of community […]
Reflections On 2021 U.S. Sustainable Ag Progress
As in 2020, life this year has required plenty of resilience. As sustainable ag professionals, we have continued to pivot and adjust to meet the needs of the moment. Yet here at Trust In Food™—and, we suspect, within your own organization—we’ve also experienced the joy of forward progress on behalf of farmers, ranchers, our many […]
Here’s What It Will Take To Empower Farmers To Make Data-Driven Farm And Stewardship Decisions
Here at Trust In Food, we’ve got data on the brain. In fact, along with the Founding Partners of America’s Conservation Ag Movement (ACAM), we recently published a free whitepaper titled, “Scaling Connected Ag: How Farmers Find Success With Data-Driven Decision Making – And How Trusted Ag Advisers Can Help Accelerate It.” You can download […]