Organic Valley farms are not just farms, they are ecosystems. Bees buzz among wildflowers, birds nest in hedgerows and earthworms aerate the soil. We followed farmers to see how they work in harmony with nature and found more than we expected.

A Wisconsin farmer is the first to receive payment through a carbon insetting program, which rewards farms for implementing eco-friendly practices like adding solar arrays, composting and planting trees. The program covers 25 states.

Soil conservation is top of mind for organic farmers and they will do all they can to protect it. Ninety percent of the Earth’s topsoil may be at risk by 2050. Let’s look at how Organic Valley farmers use healthy pastures to help create healthy soil.

Who would have thought that soil and humans have things in common? Soil impacts our human senses and has its own senses. Let’s look at soil as it correlates to sound, taste, touch, sight and smell. What goes on underneath our toes is pretty amazing.

A carbon insetting initiative supported by more than 15 partners awards farmers for reducing emissions and for sequestering more carbon. Farmers will increase eco-friendly practices like planting more trees, installing more solar and making organic compost.

The extreme weather that comes with climate change has been visible the past few months with floods, wildfires and droughts. Organic farmers work through the challenging extremes and they continue their eco-friendly practices to help fight climate change