About SWOF
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The Soil and Water Outcomes Fund is an outcomes-based program that connects your sustainability goals with on-farm conservation practices. It incentivizes farmers to implement practices that deliver measurable environmental outcomes, which are verified and can be invested in to meet your sustainability commitments.
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SWOF helps us advance goals related to:
Scope 3 greenhouse gas reduction
Climate strategy
Water stewardship
Regenerative agriculture commitments
ESG / sustainability reporting
Supply chain resilience initiatives
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SWOF handles the farmer relationships, technical expertise, measurement systems and program administration—allowing us to efficiently deploy sustainability investment without building our own program from scratch.
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In addition to environmental outcomes, SWOF investments help us:
Strengthen agricultural supply chain resilience
Improve stakeholder trust
Support producer relationships
Advance regenerative agriculture commitments
Demonstrate leadership in practical climate and water stewardship
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Environmental outcomes are quantified using field-level farm management data combined with established scientific models to measure:
Greenhouse gas reductions
Carbon sequestration
Nutrient runoff reductions
Sediment reductions
Water-quality improvements
SWOF uses third-party verification processes to validate environmental outcomes and ensure that reported impacts meet program standards and market expectations.
About Conservation Practices
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No-till is a conservation practice in which crops are planted without disturbing the soil with traditional tillage.
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No-till allows farmers to maintain soil structure and reduces disruption, which reduces soil erosion, improves water infiltration, and increases soil carbon retention. These outcomes contribute to improved water quality and greenhouse gas reduction.
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Cover crops are plants grown between primary cash crop seasons to protect and enhance the soil.
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Cover crops help reduce nutrient runoff, improve soil structure and increase carbon sequestration.
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Strip-till is a conservation practice that disturbs only a narrow strip of soil where crops are planted, leaving the majority of the field undisturbed.
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Strip-till reduces soil disturbance while maintaining favorable planting conditions, resulting in decreased erosion and improved nutrient efficiency.
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On-farm conservation is critical to addressing some of the most pressing environmental challenges, including water quality degradation and climate change.
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Yes. Over time, these practices improve soil structure, increase organic matter, enhance water retention, and build resilience to extreme weather. Healthier soils support more consistent yields and long-term farm viability, helping ensure that environmental outcomes are durable and repeatable year after year.