Accepting the Musk XPRIZE Carbon Challenge on Behalf of the World's Farmers
The first XPrize reached for the stars. What if the solution to the latest one lies in the soil beneath our feet?
In January, entrepreneur Elon Musk promised in...
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Schmidt Adds Value to Each Acre
Jennie Schmidt, a member of the Global Farmer Network, is a registered dietician turned farmer who received the 2021 Top Producer Trailblazer Award. Visit her f...
20 Tips for a Dynamic No-Till System
Roberto Peiretti, a Global Farmer Network member and veteran South American no-tiller and consultant shares insights on measuring the contributions cover crops ...
The virtuous circle of No-till
Edgard Ramirez, a member of the Global Farmer Network was a speaker at a CFS47 virtual Side Event---Agricultural Solutions to Food Security, Nutrition, Health ...
Conservation Q&A with jennie schmidt
Global Farmer Network member Jennie Schmidt is a conservation steward. She uses conversation principles on her farm in the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Maryland....
Argentina Farm Tour-Cattle
Julio Speroni is a farmer and cattle producer from Argentina. Here he talks about the importance of animal welfare. Speroni is a member of the Global Farmer Ne...
England Farm Tour-Conservation
Global Farmer Network member Paul Temple, a farmer from England talks about increasing the conservation efforts on his arable farm that includes a beef operati...
Freestone is 2020 Soil Farmer of the Year
Global Farmer Network member Jake Freestone from the United Kingdom is the 2020 joint winner of the Soil Farmer of the Year award. The competition champions far...
All Eyes on Conservation: Can You Defend Your Operational Choices?
Global Farmer Network member Jennie Schmidt farms in the Chesapeake Bay watershed in Maryland. With no-till, cover crops and precision fertilizer placement as d...
Conservation Agriculture is a Tool, Not a Goal
The importance of a resilient food and agriculture system is being discussed around the world, but what exactly does "resilience" mean?
For farmers like me, it...