| | | | | | | Nature-Based Agriculture In The Spotlight | | | As a child, I had the distinct privilege of visiting two incredible places during most summers -- my grandparents' homes in rural Midwestern and Southern America, and our incredible national park system. This week, as we reflect on World Bee Day (May 20) and Biological Diversity Day (May 22), it's an incredible opportunity to make dedicated time in our routines to get out into the landscapes that surround where you work and live and rediscover nature. Over the past year and a half, many of us used to office settings have been confined to endless Zoom meetings, boxy rooms and scarce sunlight.
Yet the professional example we should really seek out is that of U.S. farmers and ranchers who brave the elements each day to ensure their animals are safe, to ensure the crop is still growing and to keep food on the table for millions of families worldwide. Habitat and farmland can coexist, and as the stories in this week's newsletter attest, there remain yet more opportunities to integrate working lands and wildlife for the good of producers, local watersheds, communities and society at large. Until next week,
Nate Birt
Vice President
Trust In Food, a Farm Journal initiative
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| | | | | | | Farmer Voices: How Pollinator Habitat Delivers ROI For My Farm | | | Shared by Brian Scott, Indiana farmer and America's Conservation Ag Movement Conservation Steward: For our farm, the pollinator habitat practice will work by reducing costs, establishing a year-round cover that protects the soil from erosion, protecting water quality, as well as providing wildlife habitat.
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| | | | | | | Learn About Wildlife Habitat From Ducks Unlimited, An America's Conservation Ag Movement Partner | | | Shared by Nate Birt, vice president, Trust In Food: Across farming and ranching country, grasslands and wetlands play an incredibly important role providing waterfowl habitat. Learn more from the insights and video content at this page provided by Ducks Unlimited, a founding partner ofAmerica's Conservation Ag Movement.
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| | Shared by Kinsie Rayburn, conservation knowledge officer, Trust In Food: When it comes to quantifying sustainability, the first thing to remember is “you can’t manage what you can’t measure." Another important point: Farmers shouldn't be the only agri-food value chain stakeholders responsible for measuring, monitoring and making progress against sustainability targets.
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| | Shared by Drew Slattery, human dimensions of change lead, Trust In Food: “Instead of bragging about bushels per acre, they’re talking about how many bushels per inch of water that they got," says Shannon Kenyon, an environmental scientist, talking about how western Kansas farmers are taking ownership of groundwater management.
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| | Shared by Nate Birt, vice president, Trust In Food: Here's how these all-seeing eyes in space could help governments, regulators and corporations identify emitters of pollutants at their source and also spot a host of other supply chain problems in need of repair.
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