Cool the Plant. Heal the Soil. That's Soil SuperHeroes

Dear Friend,

Happy World Food Day!

We, at Green America, think that every day should be World Food Day and that’s why we are highlighting the Soil SuperHeroes who don't wear capes! These Soil SuperHeroes are the farmers and companies that are saving our soils, nourishing our bodies, and supporting the planet. Farmers have always been stewards of the soil and forward-thinking food companies are reassessing the human health impacts of agriculture.

Soil SuperHeroes are working to provide major solutions to the climate crisis by employing regenerative soil stewardship practices that build soil health and resiliency.

Our campaign Soil SuperHeroes celebrates dozens of farmers and food companies who are committed to saving our soils and mitigating the climate crisis.

Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm: Leah has cultivated five acres of land using organic and ancestral practices that increase topsoil depth, sequester carbon, and improve soil biodiversity all while fighting for the injustices of our food system.

Anheuser-Busch (yes, the beer company!): Its Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold is the first national beer brand in the U.S. to be certified organic. Anheuser-Busch is helping farmers through the three-year transition period to organic by providing long-term contracts and paying premium prices for transitional and organic crops

Rick Clark: In 2016, Danone North America announced it would transition its products to verified non-GMO knowing that it had to rely on farmers to provide the feed for the dairy cows that produce milk for its yogurt. And one of those farmers, a Soil SuperHero, is Indiana farmer Rick Clark, who offers practical examples for how soil health can transform agriculture.

MegaFood: One of the only farm to tablet natural vitamin companies that has a direct relationship with their farmers. MegaFood supports its organic and regenerative farmers and provides a guaranteed market for their regeneratively-grown produce.

Soil scientists have always known that healthy soil is key to solving the climate, water, and healthy food crises.

Healthy soil is a building block for everything that happens on Earth, from shaping our ecosystems, to mitigating the effects of climate change, to producing 99% of the food that we all eat. Soil is filled with an array of organisms turning organic matter and minerals into vital plant nutrients. Healthy soil is necessary to fuel our ourselves and the animals that shape our ecosystem. And, healthy soil can actually reverse climate change!

That’s why it is so important to celebrate and support the farmers and forward-thinking companies that are working to save our soils and our planet.

Please take a look at ALL of our Soil SuperHeroes and see how they are changing the world, and then share them with friends!
If you know someone who is saving our soils, please nominate them.
Join the Twitter conversation today and use the hashtags #soilsuperheroes and #practicesoverpestcides!

For the people and planet,

Jillian Semaan
Food Campaigns Director
Green America

P.S. Your support means we can do even more to reverse climate change and protect the future for people and the planet. Please contribute today.

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