Have You Heard?

McCormick Joins PepsiCo to Help Advance Climate-Smart Agriculture with the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund

McCormick & Company has joined SWOF’s Midwest Climate-Smart Commodity Program. In collaboration with PepsiCo, the organizations will provide greater financial and technical support to enrolled farmers, helping to drive adoption of voluntary, regenerative agriculture practices.

Learn more about this new collaboration.

Recent Articles

Farmer Profile Laura Orris Farmer Profile Laura Orris

SWOF Farmer Spotlight: John Sorenson

Meet John Sorenson, a fifth-generation Minnesota farmer. To combat harsh winds threatening his sugar beets, John joined the Soil and Water Outcomes Fund to implement a rye cover crop and reduce his tillage. These changes have protected his crops and produced savings in fuel and labor costs.

Read More
Farmer Profile Laura Orris Farmer Profile Laura Orris

Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Helps Partners Expand Reach, Make Lasting Impact on America’s Farmland

The grant has also enabled the Midwest Climate-Smart Commodity Program to solidify multi-year relationships with farmers. For example, Nick Hermanson, who farms 5,000 acres of corn and soybeans and raises 300,000 turkeys a year on his farm in Story City, Iowa, is a fifth-generation farmer on the same land his family has farmed for 150 years.

Read More

Search Older Blog Articles Here >>

Upcoming Events and Meetings

Our team is planning to join several upcoming grower meetings and participate in events and tradeshows around the Midwest and other program areas. Whether you are actively participating in a carbon or ecosystem markets program or just considering it, we’d love to visit with you to see how you can get the most from your acres, in addition to your cash crop. Find an event near you below and be sure to check back, as more events will be added soon. We look forward to meeting you!