| | | | | | | Ag Climate Goals Depend on Rural Connectivity | | | At Trust In Food, we honor and remember the members of the U.S. military who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. I hope each of you had a moment to pay your respects this weekend, as well. Aptly, our newsletter this week focuses on listening and learning from others. We feature a deep dive into the all-too-real lack of broadband access facing rural America, and hear how that hurts families, farms, and our country’s climate aspirations. We also hear from farmer and ACAM Conservation Steward Brian Doerr, who shares his personal story of transitioning his Iowa farm to cover crops, providing grazing for cattle along the way. And we celebrate the launch of the newest guide from America’s Conservation Ag Movement, this one focused on farmers’ lived experiences with managing water quality and quantity.
There’s so much opportunity to work together and bridge differences by staying focused on the humans at the center of our food and agriculture systems, and we’re just getting started. Have a perspective you’d like us to listen to? Email me at acole@farmjournal.com. I’d love to hear from you. Yours In Regenerative Ag,
Amy Skoczlas Cole
Executive Vice President
Trust In Food, a Farm Journal initiative
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| | | | | | | Connectivity In Action: A New Case for Animal ID | | | Shared by Drew Slattery, human dimensions of change lead, Trust In Food: From the threat of animal disease outbreak, the growing importance of export markets, and the innovative ways beef is marketed to consumers around the globe, the U.S. livestock industry is realizing that animal identification might soon become a necessary part of doing business. Here's how we're helping ranchers navigate traceability issues.
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| | | | | | | Free Resource: New ACAM Water Quality Stewardship Guide | | | Shared by Nate Birt, vice president, Trust In Food: Developed by Farm Journal in collaboration with USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, and supported by the Partners of America's Conservation Ag Movement, the free Water Quality Stewardship guide is designed to make a complex and controversial subject accessible for farmers, ranchers, growers and their trusted advisers. Encourage your colleagues to download their free copy to learn more about using a water-quality lens to maintain productivity and the steps farmers and their advisers are taking to be good neighbors and protect shared water resources.
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| | Shared by Drew Slattery, human dimensions of change lead, Trust In Food: New USDA research based on hundreds of thousands of acres primarily in Arizona and New Mexico points to ways emerging technology and Big Data might be used to help better manage rangeland.
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| | Shared by Ethan White, manager of farmer outreach and engagement, Trust In Food: In this guest post, Nebraska farmer and ACAM Conservation Steward Brian Doerr shares why (and how) he turned to cover crops to address challenges such as fertilizer consumption and weed control. "I'm still very new to all this but am very excited to see where it takes me. It is a leap of faith to try something different, I will say for sure," Doerr writes.
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| | Shared by Nate Birt, vice president, Trust In Food: This New York cheese company says regenerative agriculture and quality dairy products for its business work closely together, including as a vehicle for making rural American communities more resilient.
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