Field To Market Awarded Walton Family Foundation Grant To Advance Sustainable Agriculture

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture has been awarded a two-year grant, totaling $700,000, by the Walton Family Foundation to enhance member capacity to develop agricultural sustainability projects and strengthen the organization's systems to promote broader use of its Fieldprint Platform.

Goals for the grant include:

Designing and delivering sustainability leadership programming to deepen member understanding of sustainable agriculture practices, value chain dynamics, and financing mechanisms.

Improving access to Field to Market resources--including research materials, how-to guides, and websites--to better engage members and external stakeholders and drive Fieldprint Project development.

Assessing member and non-member needs to refine the Fieldprint Platform for greater impact in a rapidly evolving landscape.

"Field to Market is grateful for the Walton Family Foundation's continued partnership and support," says Field to Market President Carrie Vollmer-Sanders. "We are excited to invest in the next generation of sustainability leaders, expand our reach, and catalyze even greater transformation across the agriculture industry."

"Roughly 70 percent of the world's fresh water is used by agriculture. If we are going to meet the environmental challenges in agriculture, we have to focus on solutions for growing food that allow both people and nature to thrive together," said Paul Wolfe of the Walton Family Foundation. "We are proud to support Field to Market, as they work to find sustainable agriculture solutions."

ABOUT FIELD TO MARKET

Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture brings together a diverse group of grower organizations; agribusinesses; food, feed, 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 nearly 200 members representing all facets of the U.S. agricultural value chain. For more information, visit www.fieldtomarket.org.

ABOUT THE WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION

The Walton Family Foundation is, at its core, a family-led foundation. Three generations of the descendants of our founders, Sam and Helen Walton, and their spouses work together to lead the foundation and create access to opportunity for people and communities. We work in three areas: improving education, protecting rivers and oceans and the communities they support and investing in our home region of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta. To learn more, visit waltonfamilyfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and X.

Source: Field to Market news release