About the Summit

The Sustainable Agriculture Summit is the premier sustainability event for agriculture and by agriculture, bringing together farmers, suppliers, processors, brands, academia, conservation organizations and the public sector. The Summit is a meeting place for all agricultural stakeholders to learn from expert speakers, share challenges and successes, and forge and strengthen cross-sector partnerships which will drive a more sustainable future for our industry.

Host Partners

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture brings together a diverse group of grower organizations; agribusinesses; food, beverage, restaurant and retail companies; conservation groups; universities and public sector partners to focus on defining, measuring and advancing the sustainability of food, feed, fiber and fuel production. Field to Market is comprised of over 160 members representing all facets of the U.S. agricultural supply chain, with members employing more than 5 million people and representing combined revenues totaling over $1.5 trillion. For more information visit: www.fieldtomarket.org

For questions regarding Field to Market’s sustainability efforts, please contact Katrina Stacey (kstacey@fieldtomarket.org).

Innovation Center For U.S. Dairy

The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy is a voluntary organization that works with leaders from across the dairy value chain to align on pre-competitive priorities, drive progress and speak with one voice. The goal – to advance a shared social responsibility platform and demonstrate U.S. dairy’s collective commitment to provide the world responsibly produced dairy foods that nourish people, strengthen communities and foster a sustainable future. This work is reflected in the U.S. Dairy Stewardship Commitment, U.S. dairy’s social responsibility pledge to demonstrate collective impact. The Innovation Center facilitates multi-stakeholder engagement and input through the Dairy Sustainability Alliance^®, whose members strive to measure, improve and communicate dairy’s role in a sustainable food system. For more information, visit www.usdairy.com/sustainabilityalliance.

For questions regarding the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy’s sustainability efforts, please contact Angela Hessinger (angela.hessinger@dairy.org).

Convening Partners

U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association is the world’s largest and most active poultry organization, representing the entire industry as an “All Feather” association. Membership includes producers and processors of broilers, turkeys, ducks, eggs, and breeding stock, as well as allied companies. Formed in 1947, the association has affiliations in 27 states and member companies worldwide. For more information, please visit www.uspoultry.org.

For questions regarding the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association’s efforts, please contact Paul Bredwell (pbredwell@uspoultry.org).

U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) is a multi-stakeholder initiative developed to advance, support and communicate continuous improvement in sustainability of the U.S. beef value chain. The USRSB achieves this through leadership, innovation, multi-stakeholder engagement, and collaboration and aims for the U.S. beef value chain to be the trusted global leader in environmentally sound, socially responsible and economically viable beef. For more information, visit www.usrsb.org.

For questions regarding the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef’s efforts, please contact Samantha Werth (swerth@beef.org).

Promotional Partners

Agriculture Future of America

Agriculture Future of America (AFA) builds bridges for young leaders to foster engagement and innovation in food and agriculture through premier leader and career development experiences. With program participation increasing 28% in the last five years, AFA has provided more than 24,000 leader development experiences to college leaders and young professionals from more than 200 colleges and universities throughout 43 states since its inception in 1996. AFA has awarded more than $11 million in academic and leader development scholarships. For more information about AFA, visit www.agfuture.org.

MANRRS

Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, MANRRS promotes academic and professional advancement by empowering minorities in agriculture, natural resources and related sciences. It is our goal to provide the student members (junior high school through doctoral programs) of our organization with the support to become productive citizens by engaging them in leadership development activities, educational opportunities, job readiness training, and facilitating internship placement and permanent employment, with special emphasis on agriculture, natural resources, and related sciences. MANRRS encourages and promotes Agriculture, Natural Resources, and related STEM programs in an effort to interest and attract underrepresented students and professionals into pursuing educational and career opportunities in these respective areas. For more information, visit www.manrrs.org.

Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops

The Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops (SISC) is helping to answer the complex question of what sustainability means for producers and consumers of specialty crops (fruits, vegetables and nuts). The multi-stakeholder coalition of producers, buyers and public interests groups collaborates to develop a suite of outcomes-focused metrics that enable producers to benchmark, compare and communicate their own performance, and provides a common language for supply chains to work together to improve the stewardship of farming practices and communicate that continual improvement all the way from the farmer to the consumer. We regard sustainability as an ongoing commitment to advancing environmental, social and economic values and therefore aim to provide common tools to help all participants implement and communicate clearly about sustainability activities, rather than define who or what is “sustainable.” For more information, visit www.stewardshipindex.org.

US-RSPE

The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Poultry & Eggs (US-RSPE) is a diverse, multistakeholder organization of farmers, integrators, processors, retailers, food service companies, civil society groups and NGOs, allied industries, and researchers built to advance, support, and communicate continuous improvement in sustainability for the poultry value chain. We work together to build resources, create channels for collaboration, and share knowledge to help drive progress. With US-RSPE, you will find yourself among those just beginning to look closer at their sustainability and those at the forefront of their industries and markets — and everyone in between. All are welcome to apply for membership. Visit us-rspe.org to learn more.

Media Partner

Agri-Pulse

Agri-Pulse is the most trusted source for farm and rural policy information in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, CA, providing a balanced perspective on a wide variety of issues including the farm bill, nutrition, trade, labor, food safety, water, environment, biotechnology, organic, conservation and crop insurance. Agri-Pulse publishes a subscription-only e-newsletter, the Agri-Pulse Daily Harvest early morning news summary, Agri-Pulse Daybreak, Agri-Pulse DriveTime podcast, and breaking news on www.Agri-Pulse.com. To learn more, visit https://www.agri-pulse.com.

Our team

Introduce the team

A common concern a visitor experiences is how well will the product or service be supported. Introducing the team eases fears while showing confidence.