Land Core - Giving Tuesday Newsletter 2024
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Dear friends & colleagues,
We are inspired everyday by the potential of healthy soils. From healthier food and cleaner water, to creating more resilient farms that can better weather floods or drought, soil is the key to a thriving future. At Land Core, we’re fueled by the conviction that rebuilding our nation’s soils will foster resilience and profitability of US agriculture and strengthen our communities more broadly.
Your gift will help us continue to advance soil health and push for practical infrastructure and economic incentives that can create a more resilient agricultural system.
Your support will:
Help us advance soil health in the policies and programs that shape our food, health and farming systems, including at US Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and in the (still to pass) Farm Bill
Expand the scope and scale of the Land Core Risk Model with new private-sector lenders, insurers, investors and policymakers, including through regional partnerships and demos
Create and disseminate new forms of science-led education and resources to support and coalesce the growing range of stakeholders who can advance and invest in soil health
Land Core is a fiercely focused and unique organization that is in a great position to expand and build influence over the coming years… but we do need your support. So please donate, share about our work, and engage with us. Together we will go far!
As always, donations are tax-deductible. Thank you for joining us in making change from the ground up.
Read on for our newly released policy recommendations for the incoming presidential administration, as well as a couple of other quick updates.
We hope you’re staying warm and enjoying a restful and nourishing start to the holiday season.
The Land Core Team
Policy Updates
Election Updates
Land Core Publishes Soil Health Policy Recommendations for Trump-Vance Administration
Soil health is the foundation for national food security. It is the bedrock of American public health and the key to the integrity and reliability of our country’s food system. We are pleased to share new, high-level recommendations, designed to provide guidance to the incoming presidential administration on ways to advance soil health across key federal government agencies, including USDA, HHS, FEMA and more. Read the recommendations here.
Also of note, given the interest in soil health from the incoming Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and the important connection between soil health and human health, Land Core has begun sharing soil health-related policies with newly nominated members of HHS. We look forward to expanding this work in the coming months and years, alongside the essential leadership from USDA on agricultural issues.
A Decade of Soil Health Investment - Aria McLauchlan Panelist on FFAR Webinar
Our grant partners at Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) are celebrating their 10th anniversary and a decade of investment in soil health! Join the upcoming webinar for a dynamic discussion with Land Core Co-Founder & Executive Director, Aria McLauchlan, and other FFAR grantees and partners, including Dr. Jason Roundtree, Michigan State University and Dr. Amanda Ashworth, USDA-Agricultural Research Service. Aria will share a brief overview of the FFAR-funded Land Core Soil Health Risk Model, and the panel will cover core themes of Improving Pathways to Adoption, Information Agroecosystem Decisions, and Catalyzing Solutions.
December 19, 2024 | 3 p.m. EST. Register here.
RegeNarration Podcast Interview with Land Core Co-Founders
Tune in for a quick chat with Anthony James from The RegeNarration Podcast, the Australian-based media platform, interviewing Aria McLauchlan and Harley Cross, Land Core’s Co-Founders, live from the Regenerate Conference in Denver, CO, this past November 6th. They reflect on family origin stories, lessons from the conference, promising work in soil health, and the context of the U.S. election. Listen here.
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