The Midwest Row Crop Collaborative has been working since its inception to support farmers in the improvement of soil health and water quality. At its launch, the Collaborative announced its commitment to supporting, enhancing, and accelerating the use of environmentally preferable agricultural practices already underway in Illinois, Iowa, and…
The Midwest Row Crop Collaborative is committed to supporting farmers and agricultural producers with better tools, data, and strategies to improve environmental outcomes. The Collaborative’s Steering Committee met this week at the Commodity Classic with organizations developing resources to strengthen farmers’ hands as they work to produce the food, fiber,…
The Midwest Row Crop Collaborative, comprised of sustainable agriculture leaders, is committed to working with policymakers to advance public policies and programs that progress sustainable agriculture and scale the adoption of conservation practices. The Collaborative is working to create opportunities to replicate and scale sustainable outcomes in critically important areas.
Members of the Midwest Row Crop Collaborative addressed the EPA’s Hypoxia Task Force during its December 2016 meeting in New Orleans. EDF’s Jenny Ahlen and the Keystone Policy Center’s Sarah Alexander discussed the Collaborative’s work and its cooperative, multifaceted strategy to improving soil health and water quality in…
Following the Midwest Row Crop Collaborative’s launch at the 2016 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, numerous press outlets highlighted the Collaborative’s work and goals. Here are a series of clips showcasing the Collaborative’s ongoing work and focus: Big business, environmentalists back water quality conservation initiative…
Midwest Row Crop Collaborative Founding Members Include Cargill, Environmental Defense Fund, General Mills, Kellogg Company, Monsanto, PepsiCo, The Nature Conservancy, Walmart, World Wildlife Fund BOONE, Iowa, August 31, 2016 — For the first time ever, leading food and agriculture supply chain companies and conservation organizations have formed an “end-to-end” partnership…
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