September 18: Jonathan Coppess and Andrew Hockenberry of the Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign shared some observations about the voluntary carbon marketplace, particularly their impression that early adopters of conservation practices are being “penalized” by the additionality aspect of the voluntary market. They were guests on an episode of the University of Illinois Talking Crop podcast. September 17: The Soil Health Institute has a video online featuring Annie Dee, proprietor of the Dee River Ranch in Aliceville, Alabama, talking about the impact of adopting regenerative ag practices on their cropping operation. September 16: In a podcast offered by the World Food Prize, Mary Sellers, president of United Way of Central Iowa, talked about the ways they are addressing food insecurity issues in their three-county service area which includes the city of Des Moines. September 15: Alice McKinnon and Veronica Nigh of The Fertilizer Institute were guests in a recent episode of the Farm+Food+Facts podcast from U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action to talk about the ag fertilizer situation. September 14: A new political action group, Restore American Agriculture, was formed to spur Congress and the Administration to respond to what the group calls a crisis in farming. You can listen to their first news conference here. September 11: In a recent Farm+Food+Facts podcast episode, Minnesota corn farmer Nick Peterson and Luke Haggerty of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association discussed how agriculture is at a crossroads. The episode is available here. September 10: Liz Carlisle, an Environmental Studies teacher at the University of California at Santa Barbara, participated in a recent online discussion about perennial crops and their value to food production around the world. She’s written several books and her personal website has more about her. Fun fact: she used to be a country music performer! September 9: The U.S. Department of Agriculture hosted a web event detailing various Farm to School programs available as we start a new school year. There’s a video recording of it here. September 8: Three generations of the Rumpca family share their impressions of family farming and the story of how their South Dakota farm remains partially under water from a 10- inch rainfall one day in 1993. September 7: The Farm Journal Foundation started a new podcast called Agriculture Crunch. In the first episode, FJF Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor Stephanie Mercier shares a historical perspective of the federal Farm Bill.