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Walmart, Cargill, General Mills, Kellogg, PepsiCo join sustainability cooperative

The Midwest Row Crop Collaborative is committed to working with farmer organizations, environmental groups, and state and local watershed partnerships.

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Food and agriculture supply chain companies and conservation organizations have formed a partnership to support farmers in the improvement of soil health and water quality. The collective launched the Midwest Row Crop Collaborative—a broad-based effort to support, enhance and accelerate the use of environmentally preferable agricultural practices already underway in Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska.

The collaborative has committed to raising $4 million over five years to help accelerate the Soil Health Partnership, a farmer-led initiative of the National Corn Growers Association. With 65 farm sites already a part of the effort, the Soil Health Partnership’s goal is to enroll 100 farms for field-scale testing and measuring management practices that improve soil health. Such practices include growing cover crops, implementing conservation tillage like no-till or strip-till, and using adaptive, innovative and science-based nutrient management techniques.

The Midwest Row Crop Collaborative’s founding members include Cargill, Environmental Defense Fund, General Mills, Kellogg Company, Monsanto, PepsiCo, The Nature Conservancy, Walmart, and World Wildlife Fund.

“As an agricultural and food company, Cargill sees the MRCC as a way to support and accelerate the adoption of existing conservation programs set up by farmers and work with customers and organizations that share sustainability goals with the ag community,” said David MacLennan, chairman and CEO of Cargill.

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