Systems Change
The Midwest Row Crop Collaborative recognizes the importance of taking a systems approach to addressing the complex challenges inherent in how we currently conduct row crop agriculture.
Members see the core purpose of their collaborative efforts as identifying barriers to positive change, developing and testing solutions for removing those barriers, and catalyzing scaled adoption through shared learning. Removing these barriers can enable everyone to do their part in transforming to a regenerative agricultural system.
Systems Change Pathways
Through the collective experience of its members, the Collaborative has identified five pathways for systems change where members design and implement collaborative projects. The intended outcomes from these pathways are:
- Ready access to financing supporting the transition to more sustainable farming practices
- Proven, accessible solutions for addressing risks of adopting more sustainable farming practices implemented across the supply chain
- Trusted and influential networks activated and enabled to communicate and advise on more sustainable farming practices as a norm in the industry
- Increased supply chain ability and demand so greater supply chain and farmer uptake continues with an increasingly clear business case
- Increased consumer demand stimulating other companies to share risk and expand projects to landscapes
Aligning Efforts for Systems Change
The Midwest Row Crop Collaborative engages with a variety of partners, ranging from project implementers, technical advisors, and solutions developers to funders and thought leaders working on new policy and practices supporting systems change. If you see opportunities to align our work with yours, we’re eager to hear from you.