Discover how Chase Hill Farm in Massachusetts is building healthier soils and a more resilient grazing operation through rotational grazing, bale grazing, and silvopasture.
From Farm Camp to Farmland Protection: Meet AFT’s Illinois Farmland Protection Specialist
The following is a running field update based on what I’m seeing while scouting across my area—crop progress, field conditions, and anything that stands out week to week.
Explore how mentorship, neighbor-to-neighbor conversations and community gatherings are helping advance regenerative grazing practices across Texas.
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Applications are open for the 2027 Advanced Soil Health Training program, connecting Mid-Atlantic farmers with hands-on soil health training and farmer-led mentorship.
Through a USDA NRCS-funded project, American Farmland Trust and Virginia producers are exploring how grazing cover crops can improve soil health, provide valuable forage, and create new opportunities for both crop and livestock operations.
Meet Nia Rivers who joined American Farmland Trust (AFT) in April 2026 as Southeast Engagement and Support Specialist, supporting outreach, partnership development, and technical assistance efforts across Kentucky and the Southeast.
Learn how farm succession planning can help farmers protect their land, navigate family transitions, and keep farmland in agriculture for generations to come.
American Farmland Trust releases a five-week soil health and regenerative agriculture curriculum designed to help grades 7–12 students explore healthy soils, farming practices, and agricultural resilience.
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There is a lot we can learn from a field by taking a closer look at the soil. For farmers and others who depend on the soil to produce, it’s standard to look outward for the best advice or most popular solutions to ensure the soil will behave accordingly. This search for the “best” or chasing new trends is inefficient and can lead to highly varied results. Before changing an agricultural management practice, like tillage or cover crops, or deciding what support might help, it is worth slowing down and asking what the soil is showing us.
