Speaking of conferences, the 10th annual Sustainable Agriculture Summit took place in Minneapolis recently. And during the event, our Mike Lessiter caught up with Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio. She explains why it’s important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers to help spread the message of sustainable agriculture.

“One of the things that we’ve talked about at this meeting is the importance of no-till, cover crops and strip-till. We don’t often get a huge influx of farmers in front of these groups, but it’s one of the beauties of Field to Market and the Sustainable Ag Summit is we want to make sure those farmers have as large a voice as possible when they’re in the room so they can explain what’s happening on the farm. When a company sets goals and is trying to figure out what to do next, they have a resource that has practical experience, and we really need more farmers with experience of cover crops, strip-till, no-till to be able to talk about their experiences, not only with other farmers but also with companies throughout the value chain.”

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