When federal government and agricultural producers collaborate on conservation, great things happen. And the Hardwick Planting Co in Newellton, Louisiana is a prime example, says Chad Kacir from the Natural…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack meeting with the 1890s Scholars & USDA APHIS Foreign Service Fellows at Tuskegee University Seventy-one climate-smart projects that expand opportunities for small and underserved producers…

American farmers are looking for a way to be more sustainable, but they’re not willing to give up chemistry entirely The United States sees itself as an export powerhouse. At…

On the record for sustainability at Zaunbrecher Farms Six journalists from the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) spent last week touring southwest Louisiana rice country for an…

Ninety percent of peanut farms enrolled in the Sustainable U.S Peanuts Initiative adopted conservation practices for one or more of their fields while the same percentage scored below the national…

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 latest episode of This is U.S. Sustainability, the U.S. Sustainability Alliance podcast, is now available to download. Tune in for the lowdown on the innovative, often surprising ways the almond…

Fourth-generation Alabama farmer Wendy Yeager grows multiple crops on her 445-hectare family farm near Orrville, from soybeans to cotton. She describes herself as a front-line conservationist for whom sustainability is…

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…