Accelerated Adaptation—Connecting Farmers to New Innovations
Consistent standards, de-risking practice change and better data management can all help farmers better understand and adopt sustainability practices.
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.
U.S. Pork Seeks To Reduce GHGs 40% By 2030, Announces On-Farm Sustainability Report For Producers
Developed by pig farmers, the effort seeks to reduce the time and data-input needs of producers while illustrating continuous improvement across six We Care® Ethical Principles.
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 […]
Trust In Beef Joined By U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef
U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef and Trust In Food sign letter of agreement to collaborate through Trust In Beef Program to empower beef producers. Lenexa, Kan., (Dec. 15, 2021) — The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) joins the Trust In BeefTM program as a Founding Partner and Technical Advisor. Trust In Beef is a new effort to empower beef producers to accelerate the adoption of […]
Key Takeaways From The 2021 Sustainable Ag Summit
My second business trip as director of America’s Conservation Ag Movement (ACAM) took me 1,500 miles from the mostly harvested corn and soybean fields of southeastern Iowa to the annual Sustainable Ag Summit and Dairy Sustainability Alliance fall meetings in Las Vegas. I was excited about the opportunity to renew old acquaintances, discover new partnerships […]