2025

Indiana produce farm turns to AI-based robots to eliminate weeds

Sunrise Produce partners with Greenfield Robotics to eliminate herbicides, touts “Robot-Weeded” produce at Whole Foods stores There’s a new, unique label on sweet corn sold at some Whole Foods stores. The label reads “Robot-Weeded,” and the sweet corn was grown by Sunrise Produce, Inc. The Indiana family farm used artificial intelligence-based robotic weeders instead of […]

Soil & Climate Initiative teams with Seven Sundays to advance regenerative agriculture

Nonprofit SCI and non-GMO cereal company’s expanded partnership supports farmers and regenerative land movement There’s a new win-win for farmers and the regenerative agriculture movement: The nonprofit Soil & Climate Initiative (SCI) and non-GMO cereal company Seven Sundays are expanding their partnership to support more farmers as they adopt regenerative practices. A project of nonprofit […]

A farmer’s fight: cancer, chemicals and a return to organic living

William Caplinger raises all his food pesticide-free after a Stage 4 cancer diagnosis. by Adeleine Halsey, for Investigate Midwest William Caplinger, a superintendent for a commercial construction company, runs an organic farm in Sulfur Springs, Arkansas, about one hour from Joplin, Missouri. He and his wife, Heather, raise all their food for consumption, completely chemical- and […]

Rockefeller Foundation’s goal of feeding 100 million children by 2030 with “increasingly regenerative meals” also aims to reward farmers for sustainable practices.

By Jennifer Marston, AgFunder News At the recent UN Food Systems Summit +4, the Rockefeller Foundation brought together a mix of speakers, partners, government ministers, various officials, and others to discuss its Regenerative School Meals initiative. This convening—aimed at increasing collaboration between countries when it comes to strengthening school meal programs—marked another step in the Rockefeller Foundation’s […]

Groundbreaking diversified farming research wins international acclaim

Landmark study demonstrating environmental and social benefits of agricultural diversification earns Frontiers Planet Prize recognition The Organic Center recently spotlighted a major scientific achievement with deep implications for the future of sustainable farming:: a pioneering study on agricultural diversification, co-authored by over 50 international researchers, including Dr. Amber Sciligo, Senior Director of The Organic Center, has […]