By Maite Cabellero, Senior Adviser at New Ways Consulting Cooperation along the entire supply chain is still an issue that needs to be addressed to achieve sustainability. This was the […]
Read moreBy Lorena Alfaro, U.S. Sustainability Alliance “It’s a gift to work with nature” said Kansas farmer, Justin Knopf, at the annual Sustainable Agriculture Summit. “Responsibility for our natural resources is […]
Read moreSustainable agriculture – reducing waste and maintaining the well-being of natural resources while increasing efficiency – requires innovating. And farmers are great innovators. They have to be. As entrepreneurs who […]
Read moreEarlier this year, Eve Turow Paul wrote an excellent column on the persistence of sustainability priorities amongst millennials; millennials want to eat foods that they believe create a minimal carbon […]
Read moreNate Hultgren, a fourth generation farmer in central Minnesota takes sustainable agriculture personally. To Nate and his brother, it’s a familial responsibility, a duty to their consumers and an obligation […]
Read more“Growing up, I loved the smell of fresh [soil],” says Ohio soybean farmer, Nathan Brown. “Now, I cringe when I think about working the ground and turning the soil, with all the compaction and erosion issues that can come from it.”
Read moreLast week, the Wall Street Journal published an article about the increase in dairy cow care in the United States over the past two decades. Though there has not been a formal study demonstrating a direct causal relationship, many farmers believe a happy cow produces more milk.
Read moreWheat farmers across the United States are implementing sustainable farming practices in accordance with what makes sense for their land and their crops. From coast to coast, the best part […]
Read moreAs the fourth generation on the family farm in Arkansas, Nathan explains in this video that to him farming is not simply a job, but is a deep and spiritual connection with the land, his heritage and looking to future generations.
Read moreIn a study of the attitude of Millennials to how their food is produced, Eve Turow Paul, describes farmers “as the new heroes” for Millennials who want to know more […]
Read moreFor 130 years the Anderson family has farmed in the Bonanza Valley near Belgrade, a small town in central Minnesota with a population of fewer than 800 people. Jim Anderson […]
Read moreIn his essay, “Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future,” outgoing United States Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), Thomas J. Vilsack highlights the hundreds of ways food and agriculture science […]
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