| | | | | | | | | Giving Thanks And Reflection | | | How have two weeks already flown by since the Sustainable Ag Summit? It was terrific to see so many friends and colleagues in person in Las Vegas. My colleague Ryan Heiniger shares below of his key takeaways and highlights from the Summit. His perspective – as the director of America’s Conservation Ag Movement and a fourth-generation row-crop farmer in Iowa – is well worth a read. Speaking of America’s Conservation Ag Movement, we've launched a new resource at the Summit, "Scaling Connected Ag". A major theme in our work has been the importance of digital ag to the future of transparent, regenerative, climate-smart ag. This new report provides a firsthand look at what those on the front lines told us actually works in using data to build more profitable and sustainable businesses. ACAM is comprised of 18 private sector and conservation organization partners that work together with Trust In Food, the Farm Journal Foundation, and the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. They’ve pooled their expertise and shared their wisdom throughout this report. As we all emerge from our time of giving thanks and reflection, I want to express my deep gratitude for all of you -- the tremendous community of sustainable agriculture that works together to help farmers, ranchers and growers provide food, fiber and fuel for today – and for tomorrow. Thank you! I hope you’ll save the date to join together with us and others from this community at the annual Trust In Food Symposium – which will be back together in person Feb. 14-16 in fabulous Nashville, Tenn., and virtually Feb 22-23. More details to come, but please mark your calendars now!
Yours in regenerative ag,
Executive Vice President, Trust In Food™ | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | Key Takeaways From The 2021 Sustainable Ag Summit | | | Shared by Ryan Heiniger, director of America's Conservation Ag Movement, Trust In Food: This was not my first Sustainable Ag Summit, but I could sense something different, perhaps a renewed and even higher commitment by the organizers to including strong and diverse voices from those working the land and raising families.
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| | | | | | | | America's Conservation Ag Movement Publishes 'Scaling Connected Ag' Whitepaper | | | | A free new resource from America’s Conservation Ag Movement (ACAM) provides sustainability professionals with insights into practical ways to help farmers turn data and technology into business ROI. (And for those blue-ocean thinkers, here’s a hint: Many of these ideas don’t exist at scale today. Yet farmers say they could expedite producers’ willingness to use data and tech for decision-making, which could contribute to more precise ESG reporting.) The report, “Scaling Connected Ag,” is made possible by the Founding Partners of America's Conservation Ag Movement (ACAM) and the members of its Connected Ag Working Group. | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | Shared by Ryan Heiniger, director of America's Conservation Ag Movement, Trust In Food: Iowa State University landscape ecologist Lisa Schulte Moore is among this year’s 25 MacArthur Foundation Fellows, winning the famed Genius Grant for leading research into the ecological intervention of prairie strips. This new practice within the Conservation Reserve Program addresses four key pillars of conservation agriculture including improving water quality, reducing soil transport, storing carbon and adding biodiversity zones. Here’s how Schulte Moore has worked across communities and disciplines to bring the benefits of prairie strips to the Corn Belt and beyond.
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| | | Shared by Drew Slattery, human dimensions of change lead, Trust In Food: EDF works with farmers, companies and policymakers to build agricultural resilience by identifying and promoting financial incentives for conservation practice adoption. This resource hub includes articles and reports for finance professionals, farmers, trusted advisers, policymakers and more.
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| | | Shared by Emily Smith, community engagement coordinator, Trust In Food: Our own Trust In Food vice president, Nate Birt, interviews Dr. Juan Tricarico, vice president of environmental research, Dairy Management Inc., to discuss emerging research programs such as the Greener Cattle Initiative. Methane research will help scientists better understand avenues for curbing methane such as feed additives, metabolic pathways and genetic traits. Learn more about the questions and discoveries driving scientists to learn more in this video interview.
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