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Sustainability

Agriculture's future depends on what works on the farm.

Farm Journal helps turn sustainability goals into practical action on real farms and ranches.
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Why it matters

Productive land.
Profitable farms.
A future we all depend on.

Conservation practices can often protect the soil, water and natural resources farms depend on, while strengthening the bottom line. But for a farmer or rancher, making a change has to make sense as a business decision. Understanding the value, weighing the costs and risks, and feeling confident a practice will work on their land is key to adoption.

Organizations investing in sustainability succeed when they understand those same realities. That’s how goals turn into farmer participation.

How Trust In Food™ helps

Sustainability goals are met one farm at a time.

Trust In Food™ works with food and agriculture companies, conservation groups, universities and public partners to reach the right producers and support them from awareness, through enrollment, and lasting practice adoption.

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01 · Assess & Plan

Know who’s ready and what’s in the way.

Producer intelligence and behavioral research reveal farmers’ readiness, motivations and barriers, helping partners understand whom to engage and how.

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02 · Engage & Educate

Build confidence where farmers already listen.

Farm Journal’s trusted media brands, farmer peer connections, and field events help producers understand the opportunity and evaluate how it fits their operation.

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03 · Enroll & Sustain

Support change beyond the sign-up.

We support farmers through enrollment and stay connected across seasons as they put new practices to work and keep them going.

Awareness is the start. Adoption is the goal.

Behavioral science meets generations of producer trust.

Trust In Food brings together people who understand agriculture, farmer decision-making and how to reach producers through Farm Journal’s trusted brands. We work alongside partners to understand what farmers need, connect with them and turn conservation investments into on-farm action.

150

Years of serving farmers and ranchers

4.3M

Verified producers in Farm Journal’s database

20M

Monthly farmer interactions across 23 Farm Journal brands

Customer Stories

“Trust in Food plays a significant role in the sustainability conversation because they have unique insights to help us understand how our ranchers and producers are thinking about sustainability. This partnership allows us a platform to have those conversations at the ranch level.”

Matthew

Dr. Matthew Cleveland

Senior Director of Sustainability and Product Development, ABS

Conservation in Action

The Conservation Connection

How Montana farmer Jeff Sather connected conservation to efficiency and new market opportunity on his operation.

“I’m still making a profit on every acre.”
Jeff Sather, Sather Farms

Move your sustainability goals forward.

Trust In Food works with you to reach the right farmers and ranchers and turn their interest into action. Let’s talk about what that could look like for your program.

Our Sustainability Brands

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A toolkit for change-makers based on a real-life case study. It makes the Human Dimensions of Change accessible via practical action steps, worksheets, tips and tools.
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The climate-smart ag arm of Farm Journal works to accelerate the transition to more resilient and regenerative ag and food systems.
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Trust In Food is a recipient of a USDA Climate Smart Commodities Partnership grant, working to support producers in collecting and finding value in the data they will need to benefit from the emerging market for climate-smart products. Working across 19 states, 16 different practice options and a dozen partners, we will support 500 producers in improving their operation’s profitability and resilience.