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To the naysayers who claim beef is “ruining the environment,” Colorado farmer-turned-chef-restauranteur Alex Seidel says he knows from his decades of training that this couldn’t be further from the truth….

Meet Clint Wilcox of Fairview, Oklahoma, who grows a variety of crops including wheat, canola, sorghum and soybeans and raises cattle with his wife, Jessica. After graduating from Oklahoma State…

Sixth-generation Iowa farmer Kelly Garrett is Field to Market’s Farmer of the Year 2022, recognized for outstanding conservation efforts on his farm and his leadership in advancing sustainable agriculture. Garrett,…

The North Carolina SweetPotato Commission (NC SweetPotato Commission) has joined the U.S. Sustainability Alliance (USSA). The not-for-profit, which represents the state’s sweetpotato industry, expands USSA’s membership to 24 farming, fishery,…

A global initiative from the United States and the United Arab Emirates to drive climate action has made significant strides since its launch a year ago. The Agriculture Innovation Mission…

U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol grower members made significant sustainability improvements in 2021/ 22, according to the program’s second annual report. Achievements range from a 13% increase in land use efficiency…

When it comes to capturing and storing carbon, there is nothing better on land than forests, says Professor Tony D’Amato, a silviculture expert from the University of Vermont and recent…

The new Rewind documentary series from Real Leather. Stay Different. – a Leather & Hide Council of America (L&HCA) campaign – aims to provide some balance in the debate about…

At SIAL Paris, a leading international food trade show, U.S. Sustainability Alliance and its members shone a light on the sustainability of American food products, with an endorsement from the…

Luxury brand Ralph Lauren has joined the U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol, signalling its commitment to sourcing sustainable U.S. cotton. The company’s membership supports its Timeless by Design strategy to have…

Global agricultural productivity growth is in decline, and current efforts to expand agriculture production to feed a growing global population are inadequate to deal with the challenges the world faces,…

This October, food and beverage industry professionals will converge on Paris for the Salon International de l’Alimentation (SIAL) – the leading food trade show in France and one of the…

Soil carbon monitoring is set to receive an $8 million boost under plans from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to expand monitoring of carbon in soil on working agricultural…

The Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC), representing U.S. agricultural producers across 574 federally recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Native Villages, has joined the U.S. Sustainability Alliance (USSA). This brings USSA’s…

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) and Black Farmers Index, the largest public listing of black agriculturalists in the U.S., have joined forces to diversify organic agribusiness, a large and growing industry in…

Organizations across the agriculture value chain are focusing greater attention on the climate crisis, according to the latest Climate Compendium from Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture™. The…

Kevin Hudson, a Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture spotlight honoree, is a Tribal Farm Manager for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) in Pendleton, Oregon….

Seventy climate-smart projects have been selected to receive an investment totalling $2.8 billion under USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program. Projects identified in this first round of funding are diverse…