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“Of 400 farms in our county, only five are organic,” says Matt Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Organics in Hutchinson, Minnesota. His 2,500-acre family farm is patchwork across 40 miles of land the family owns and leases, and grows organic corn, soy, wheat and specialty crops such as beans and peas.
My latest for Modern Farmer is up - AND it's the first article on the homepage today! Give it a read 👇 I wanted to explore how we're actually funding a regenerative transition. Most of the funding available for farmers supports and encourages harmful conventional practices, but we need a widescale transition to regenerative methods ASAP! In this article, I talk about a few ways farmers are finding funding. If you're a farmer, what has your experience been like? Tell me in the comments! And if you just eat food and love supporting sustainable agriculture, I'd love to hear your thoughts as well! :) Thank you so much to Mad Agriculture, Mad Capital, Lauren Dunteman, Lauren Kelso and all the other folks who were kind enough to speak with me about this topic! #sustainablefoodsystems #sustainableagriculture #regenerativeagriculture #farming #farmfunding #regenerativeorganic #organicfarming https://lnkd.in/gANaDHDp