Today, the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and Trust In Food™ (TIF), a sustainability initiative of Farm Journal, signed a letter of agreement during NACD’s Summer Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.
This letter of agreement affirms partnership between NACD and TIF and builds on recent collaborations. Both organizations share common ground championing a locally led approach to natural resources conservation and the importance of partnerships and continuous improvement. Farm Journal was recently named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in the agriculture category for TIF’s work identifying strategies to accelerate farmer engagement in regenerative agriculture practices.
“We look forward to growing our partnership with Trust In Food™ and encourage conservation districts to participate in activities like field days and peer networking with TIF’s America’s Conservation Agriculture Movement (ACAM),” said NACD President Kim LaFleur. “It’s great to have TIF—with their research-backed insights into what makes producers adopt regenerative and climate-smart agricultural practices—as a partner to help producers get more conservation on the ground through voluntary programs.”
“Conservation districts across the U.S. are the tip of the spear for putting conservation on the ground and accelerating adoption,” said Trust In Food™ President Amy Skoczlas Cole. “Our partnership with NACD allows us to tap that technical expertise in making place-based change on the ground and combine it with our knowledge of how to reach farmers by understanding how they think, feel, and make decisions. Together, ACAM and NACD are poised to capture this historic funding opportunity for conservation agriculture and propel adoption forward toward a more sustainable future.”
With this letter of agreement, NACD and TIF will continue to work together to participate in collaborative activities, share learnings, and promote events and resources to grow and empower agricultural producers and land stewards across the nation to conserve natural resources.