Join me at 11 a.m. ET this morning for a Livestream to introduce a new venture bringing together those working to feed the 🌎 with those working to ☀️⚡️America bit.ly/FPC-FAPA #energytwitter #Solar

☀️ We are thrilled to announce a new partnership with EDELEN RENEWABLES & @Arcadia, Farmers Powering Communities, to combat #climatechange through #solar energy development while protecting America’s farmland and ranchland. #smartsolar

Each 1% of US cropland adopting an adaptive soil health system could deliver an estimated $37 million of on-farm value through greater productivity. This is just one way practicing #ClimateSmartAgriculture can benefit farmers while tackling climate change. #InflationReductionAct

"Though the causes of the country’s most serious environmental risks are well-known, and solutions are shown to work, politically powerful industrial sectors are impeding the capacity of the states and Congress to act." I repeat: WE KNOW THE SOLUTIONS!!! bridgemi.com/michigan-envir…

A good reminder!

“I’m working towards sustainability by copying Mother Nature, and Mother Nature doesn’t till.” bit.ly/3xG4Mth #soilhealth

Excited to share that we have received $2M over 2 years in a Natural Resources Conservation Service cooperative agreement to expand our Soil Health Economics Accelerator Team to enhance our #soilhealth economic & environmental case study tool kit & case study work!

What ARE the economic benefits of #Soilhealth ? Good news from American Farmland Trust farmland.org/aft-and-nrcs-s…

Happening Now! Farms Under Threat 2040: Choosing an Abundant Future with American Farmland Trust Join at bit.ly/220929AFT #SmartGrowthOrgWebinars

#NaturalClimateSolutions on the back 40. via US Nature4Climate usnature4climate.org/2022/09/28/two…

Watch a short video to find out how two Midwest farmers are embracing regenerative practices to build #soilhealth, reduce GHG emissions, and leave a lasting legacy. nature.ly/3fCDyxA

In 1989, Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), ranking member on the Senate Agriculture Committee, counseled that “a prudent person takes every precaution to prevent potential disaster..." farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2022/09/climat…

Loretta Lynn was more than a country music icon, she was an ally to farmers and a promoter of soil conservation, even recording PSAs for NRCS' predecessor, the Soil Conservation Service, in the summer of 1980. bit.ly/3yeRV1c

"The greatest motivation is to try to reduce the nitrate load going into the streams and rivers.. I’m familiar with the hypoxia in the Gulf. Everyone needs to be part of the solution.” indystar.com/story/news/env…

Does the soil health narrative need to change in IL? Stacy Zuber, Dept. of Agriculture NRCS Illinois soil health specialist, says yes. See why Illinois lags behind its Midwestern neighbors in conservation efforts and click for a directory of cover crop incentives: farmprogress.com/conservation/f…

As a veteran farmer or rancher, you are eligible for certain #cropinsurance benefits designed to help you as you start your operation. bit.ly/3dVUw5S

Check-out American Farmland Trust-Midwest's very own Jean Brokish on @WBEZreset. Climate-smart ag starts with #healthysoils! : wbez.org/stories/how-il… #climatesmart #regenerative

50 yrs. ago today, Congress passed the #CleanWaterAct. Our #Water Initiative Director, Michelle Perez, PhD, & Climate Initiative Director, Bianca Moebius-Clune, PhD explain & offer recs. on how the USDA Climate-Smart Commodities funds & climate focus can benefit #waterquality. 💧

The New England Farmland, Access, Succession, and Transfer Support Grant from American Farmland Trust is providing grants of up to $5,000 to help producers gain or keep access to farmland. Hurry! Applications are due by November 4th. ambrook.com/funding/ne-fast