A nationwide partnership led by the Soil Health Institute’s U.S. Regenerative Cotton Fund is creating opportunities to advance sustainable cotton farming. The fund’s approach to advancing economic insights, soil health measurement, and education has made significant progress in the U.S. Cotton Belt since its establishment.
“The soil health benchmarks SHI is providing are a great way to help farmers set realistic soil health goals and measure their success,” says fifth-generation cotton farmer Zeb Winslow, who hosted a recent field demonstration at his farm in North Carolina.
Launched in 2021, the fund is a farmer-facing, science-based initiative to support long-term, sustainable U.S. cotton production, with the goal of eliminating one million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent from the atmosphere by 2026. “Reaching farmers where they’re at is important if we’re going to continue the soil health movement,” Winslow adds.
The fund is active in Alabama, California, Mississippi, and several other states.