Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture® has received a two-year grant of $700,000 from the Walton Family Foundation. The funding aims to enhance the capacity of Field to Market members to develop agricultural sustainability projects through initiatives such as sustainability leadership programs and improved access to resources. Additionally, it seeks to promote wider use of the Fieldprint Platform in a rapidly changing landscape. This innovative assessment framework evaluates the sustainability outcomes of 17 crops, including those represented by the U.S. Sustainability Alliance, such as corn, cotton, dry beans, dry peas, lentils, peanuts, rice, soybeans and wheat.

“Field to Market is grateful for the Walton Family Foundation’s continued partnership and support,” says Field to Market President Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, MBA. “We are excited to invest in the next generation of sustainability leaders, expand our reach, and catalyze even greater transformation across the agriculture industry.”

About Field to Market

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture® brings together a diverse group of grower organizations, agribusinesses, brands and retail companies, conservation groups, universities, and public sector partners to focus on defining, measuring and advancing the sustainability of food, feed, fiber and fuel production. Field to Market comprises nearly 200 members representing all facets of the U.S. agricultural supply chain, including the following USSA members:

  • American Feed Industry Association
  • American Peanut Council
  • Intertribal Agriculture Council
  • North American Export Grain Association
  • U.S. Grains Council
  • U.S. Soybean Export Council
  • U.S. Wheat Associates
  • USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council
  • USA Rice Federation

About the Walton Family Foundation

The Walton Family Foundation is, at its core, a family-led foundation. Three generations of the descendants of our founders, Sam and Helen Walton, and their spouses work together to lead the foundation and create access to opportunity for people and communities. We work in three areas: improving education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support and investing in our home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta.