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November 30, 2022
 
 
 
 
31 Days Left For Climate-Smart Ag Action In 2022
 
I hope those of you here in the U.S. had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday this past wek. Somehow, time keeps ticking and before we know it, the year will be over.

How will you invest the last month of 2022 to advance climate-smart agriculture with the producers and partners you serve?

That’s a question we’re asking ourselves here at Trust In Food as the year winds to a close. The food, agriculture and conservation communities have seen enormous opportunity this year. Billions of dollars have been committed to provide technical assistance and financial support for farmers to implement climate-smart practices. And while the resources are at the ready, the work is just getting underway.

As you wrap up 2022 and finalize strategic plans for the New Year, I want to encourage you to be strategic. It’s tempting to try to do a bunch of things at once, but it might well be that a handful of well-placed decisions could set you up for greater success.

As Martin G. Moore wrote earlier this year in Harvard Business Review, some of our best decisions are made under pressure, with little time for extensive hand-wringing:

“Many leaders procrastinate on decisions because they’re overwhelmed by fear of making a mistake or, even worse, of not being liked. But the extent to which you might labor on any particular facet of the decision-making process should be determined by one thing: risk. Your assessment of risk will dictate whether you should take a more or less cautious approach.”

This season, consider ways you can make smart steps to advance your climate-smart work while mitigating risk. The next move you make might be the one that opens the door to bold new fronts in the coming year.

Enjoy this season and remember the people your decisions impact most: farmers and ranchers on the front lines of the industry that feeds us, clothes us and keeps us moving forward.

Yours in regenerative ag,
Amy Skoczlas Cole
Executive Vice President
Trust In Food™
 
 
 
 
Syngenta Joins Trust In Beef™
 
Shared by David Frabotta, director, climate-smart content, Trust In Food: Trust In Beef™ announced that Syngenta has joined as a partner of the collaborative value chain program helping ranchers integrate climate-smart agriculture systems into their operations while sharing their learnings and success stories. Learn more about the partnership in this recent news release.
 
 
 
 
Baltimore Urban Farms Explore Climate-Smart Opportunities
 
Shared by David Frabotta, director, climate-smart content, Trust In Food: Farm Journal’s AgDay TV team visits Baltimore, Md., where urban farmer Kimberly Raikes and other producers are implementing climate-smart practices to provide food and resilience across the community. USDA recently announced more than $14 million in grants to support innovation and urban ag.
 
 
 
 

News We’re Following
 

Over 90% Of Companies Planning To Increase Environmental Sustainability Budget Over Next Year: Honeywell (via ESGtoday.com)

Shared by David Frabotta, director, climate-smart content, Trust In Food: Several key drivers are boosting demand for carbon farming and conservation programs. A new study indicates that early adopters will be poised to capitalize on burgeoning demand for ESG offsets, as a lion’s share of sustainability professionals say their companies plan to increase sustainability budgets in 2023.
 
 

Field To Market Announces 2022 Sustainability Leadership Award Winners (via Field to Market)

Shared by Nate Birt, vice president, Trust In Food: Iowa row-crop and beef producer Kelly Garrett earned top honors as the 2022 Farmer of the Year from Field to Market during the Sustainable Agriculture Summit earlier this month in Arizona. He’s co-founded a platform for connecting sustainability-minded producers. Beatriz Moreno-García, a postdoctoral researcher focused on advancing sustainable rice at the University of Arkansas took home the 2022 Trusted Adviser of the Year award, while a Nebraska corn-and-soybean sustainability partnership including ADM, PepsiCo, Practical Farmers of Iowa, Keurig Dr. Pepper and Farmers Business Network won the 2022 Collaboration of the Year Award. Learn more about these leaders and projects on the Field to Market website.
 
 

Accelerating Climate-Smart Practices On U.S. Dairy Farms (via Dairy Management Inc. at GreenBiz)

Shared by Nate Birt, vice president, Trust In Food: In Washington, dairy farmer Austin Allred uses worms to eat up bacteria and create a high-quality crop compost. Here’s how that operation and other dairies are advancing climate-smart agriculture, according to Chris Kopman, general manager, Newtrient.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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