Soil & Water Conservation Society Annual Conference
American Farmland Trust staff are attending the 80th Annual Soil & Water Conservation Society (SWCS) Conference in Costa Mesa, California. Look for our booth #03 in the exhibit hall.
Regional/State Programs
New York Agricultural Stewardship
Kentucky Cereal Rye Cover Crop Initiative
Soil Health Management Planning Cohorts Program
Climate Initiative
AFT's Biochar in Agriculture Toolkit is a growing collection of resources and tools to help farmers, ranchers, agricultural landowners, agricultural advisors, biochar producers and policy makers successfully plan and implement biochar application in agricultural systems. | |
The Practical Biochar Implementation webinar series is a growing collection for biochar users, producers, and other stakeholders. | |
This project breaks down barriers to biochar adoption by connecting producers and users of biochar and demonstrating regionally successful biochar integration on farms across the United States. | |
This project showcases solutions to regional and cropping system barriers to cover crop adoption through farmer-driven transitions. |
Water Initiative
With this Toolkit you will be able to analyze the field operations of “soil health successful” row crop or tree nut producers to estimate the changes in costs and benefits with adoption of soil health practices. If you want to turn the results into a case study like our soil health case studies, we provide you with a writing template to guide you. AFT’s hope is that one day our fellow conservationists in every farming county will publish a case study featuring at least one “soil health successful” producer, thereby demonstrating the feasibility of these soil health practices to producers in each county. | |
Compelling, easy-to-read two-page soil health economic and environmental case studies featuring “soil health successful farmers.” These case studies can be used by farmers and the greater members of the farm conservation community to learn about the costs and benefits of adopting soil health practices and the potential for a return on investment. In turn, the information gives farmers confidence to adopt soil health practices to lessen agriculture’s impacts on water resources, address climate change, and increase farmer resilience and viability. | |
A series of two-page guides highlighting the economic costs and benefits of farmers adopting soil health practices for crop and grazing land. The first three guides on corn, soybean, and small grain rotations are delineated by methodology: Budget Analyses, National Surveys, and Research Trials. The second series of guides is focused on grazing practices, including the benefits and costs of transitioning from conventional to rotational grazing, the forage and soil health outcomes from seasonal grazing practices, and the economic, forage, and soil health benefits of patch-burn grazing and bale grazing. | |
Top 10 Things You Wanted to Know About Agricultural Carbon Markets | American Farmland Trust’s policy and science experts created this guidebook to help farmers, agricultural advisors, and conservation professionals navigate the agricultural carbon markets. |
Why Conservation Matters for the AMP Redesign and the Hill's Reconciliation Bill | First of 3 blog posts in a series: Why conservation practices that are formerly known as "Climate-smart" still matter |
American Farmland Trust is proud to present the following presentations:
Presentation | Conference Topic | Presenter | Date & Time | Location |
A Peer Cohort Approach to Soil Health Management Planning in New England | Outreach, Education, Community Engagement | Caro Roszell | Monday, Aug 4, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Banquet 1 Level Newport Beach III |
Innovations in Irrigation Management | CIG Showcase | Monday, Aug 4 1:30 pm | Banquet 2 Level Balboa Bay | |
Predicting the Economic Outcomes of Soil Health Practices with a User-Friendly Predictive Soil Health Economic Calculator | Conservation models, tools, and technologies | Meng, Ben, Chellie, Aysha | Monday, Aug 4 1:30 - 3 PM (2:16 slot) | Banquet 1 Level Newport Beach I |
Innovative Practices for Soil Health (Bianca); Successes, Challenges, and Recommendations for Implementing a 5-year Cover Crop CIG (Aysha, Michelle) | CIG Showcase | Bianca, Aysha, Michelle | Monday, Aug 4 3:30 pm | Banquet 2 Level Balboa Bay |
Innovating Conservation Technical Assistance: Policy Insights, Public-Private Partnerships, and Practitioner Priorities | Cultivating Conservation Technical Assistance, Community, and Networks | Tom Stein | Monday, Aug 4 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Banquet 1 Level Laguna Beach I |
Nutrient Management Planning and Outreach Strategies with Underserved Producers | Outreach, Education, Community Engagement | Anel Trujillo, Harol Gonzalez | Monday, Aug 4, 3:30 - 5:00 pm | Banquet 1 Level Newport Beach II |
Regenerative Agricultural Curriculum for the High School Classroom: Do we Reach the Next Generation of Conservationists and Regenerative Agriculturalists? - | Outreach, Education, Community Engagement | Kinzie Reiss | Monday, Aug 4 4:39 | Banquet 1 Level Newport Beach III |
Influences on adoption of soil health practices in VT | Social Sciences, Informing Conservation | Alissa White and Kevin Antoszewski | Tuesday, Aug 5, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Banquet 1 Level Newport Beach III |
Irrigation Calculator and Case Study | Conservation models, tools, and technologies | Paul Lum, Ellen Yeatman | Tuesday, Aug 5, 10:50am | Banquet 1 Level Newport Beach II |
Navigating Grazing Practices: Economic, Forage, Soil, and Seasonal Considerations | Conservation models, tools, and technologies | Chellie and Ben | Tuesday, Aug 5, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm (11:16 slot) | Banquet 1 Level Newport Beach II |
Leveraging Comprehensive Outreach Strategies to Bolster Impact of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships | Outreach, Education, Community Engagement | Marlee Giacometti, Rachel Lechuga, Floreal Crubaugh, Helen VanBeck | Tuesday, Aug 5 1:30pm-3pm | Banquet 1 Level Laguna Beach II |
Conservation Policy Roundup | Outreach, Education, Community Engagement | Tom Stein/Chelsea Gazillo | Tuesday Aug 5, 1:30 - 3:00 pm | Banquet 1 Level Laguna Beach I |
PCSC Project Survey Report | Climate-Smart Agriculture | Michelle Perez & Jen Tillman + consultant Robert Parkhurst | Tuesday, Aug 5; 3:53 pm | Banquet 1 Level; Newport Beach II |
What is the (Real) Rate of Soil Health Practice Adoption? Making Sense of Three Data Sources | Resilient Agriculture | Bonnie | Tuesday, Aug 5 4:39 pm | Banquet 1 Level, Newport Beach II |
CLM-21 Cover Crop CIG final year soil, econ, and social synopsis and lessons learned | Outreach, Education, Community Engagement | Bianca, Michelle P, Aysha,Robert, Ellen, Brian Brandt, Paul Lum, Caro Roszell, Ben Roosa | Wednesday, Aug 6, 8:30- 10am | Banquet 1 Level Laguna Beach II |
Increasing Agriculture Conservation Practices Through Ag Retail Partnership | Adaptive Management of Conservation Efforts/Cultivating Conservation Technical Assistance, Community, and Networks | Michael Watercutter | Wednesday, Aug 6 9:16 am | Banquet 1 Level, Newport Beach I |
What's the Dirt About Biochar | Cultivating Conservation Technical Assistance, Community and Networks | Tom Stein, Paul Lum, Bianca Moebius-Clune, Kiros Hagdu, Jessica Bronner (Sitos - biochar producer), Matt Angell (farmer, biochar trial partner) | Wednesday, Aug 6, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | Banquet 1 Level Laguna Beach II |
