Environmental Conservation

Natural Resources Conservation Service awards grants to Wisconsin conservation projects

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The 2022 recipient of the Missouri Leopold Conservation Award is Britt Farms of Clifton Hill. Ryan Britt is a fifth-generation farmer farming alongside his family on 5,000 acres of row crops, hay and beef cattle. Press play to learn how the Britts are committed to improving soil, water and wildlife habitat through conservation. Share this video so your friends can see the passion, stewardship and heart Missouri farmers pour into their calling. http://mofarmerscare.com/britt-farms-receives-2022-m

“I’ve got big shoes to fill,” says Cole Viramontes, who began farming with his father Raymond in 2010. “I want to leave it in a better place.” The father and son's Viramontes Farms has been selected as the recipient of the New Mexico Leopold Conservation Award. There's is a story of innovation to conserve water and improving soil health in order to continue growing chile peppers. We salute their land ethic with award partners & sponsors: American Farmland Trust, New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bur