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Field to Market Awarded Walton Family Foundation Grant to Improve the Environmental Performance of Row Crop Agriculture

June 20, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture™ has been awarded a two-year grant, totaling $800,000, by the Walton Family Foundation to improve the environmental performance of row crop agriculture. Goals for the grant include:

  • Improving usability, features and functionality of the Fieldprint Platform™ and Sustainability Metrics to increase engagement by farmers;
  • Incorporating Racial Justice, Equity, and Inclusion as a key priority in Field to Market’s program;
  • Increasing growers’ access to financial incentives by identifying and piloting emerging approaches through an Innovative Finance Workgroup; and
  • Improving and increasing Scope 3 reporting from Continuous Improvement Projects for greenhouse gas emissions and other metric outcomes.

This new award builds upon prior support from the Walton Family Foundation for enhancing Field to Market’s sustainability programs and resources. Over the past several years, the Walton Family Foundation has enabled the development of various science-based tools within the Fieldprint Platform.

“Field to Market is grateful for the Walton Family Foundation’s continuous support of our mission, vision, and goals,” says Field to Market President Scott Herndon. “We look forward to improving the environmental performance of row crop agriculture through improvements to Field to Market’s programs and offerings.”

“Field to Market is working right now to grow food in ways that are better for nature and for people. This work is good for clean water and healthy soil.  Equally important, it will support racial justice, equity and inclusion for the growers,” says Amy Saltzman, Mississippi River Initiative Lead at the Walton Family Foundation. “Together, we are working for solutions so nature and people can thrive together.”

CONTACT

Katrina Stacey, Field to Market, 202-230-3861, kstacey@fieldtomarket.org

ABOUT THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Walton Family Foundation is, at its core, a family-led foundation. Three generations of the descendants of our founders, Sam and Helen Walton, and their spouses, work together to lead the foundation and create access to opportunity for people and communities. We work in three areas: improving K-12 education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support, and investing in our home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta. To learn more, visit waltonfamilyfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

ABOUT FIELD TO MARKET

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture® brings together a diverse group of grower organizations; agribusinesses; food, feed, beverage, restaurant, and retail companies; conservation groups; universities and public sector partners to focus on defining, measuring, and advancing the sustainability of food, feed, fiber, and fuel production. Field to Market comprises around 200 members representing all facets of the U.S. agricultural supply chain, with members employing more than 5 million people and representing combined revenues totaling over $1.5 trillion. 

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“Field to Market is grateful for the Walton Family Foundation’s continuous support of our mission, vision, and goals. We look forward to improving the environmental performance of row crop agriculture through improvements to Field to Market’s programs and offerings.”

Scott Herndon
President, Field to Market

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