71st SWCS International Annual Conference July 24-27, 2016 Louisville, KY

1. Resource Stewardship Evaluation and NACD

2. NACD is…
• Developing tools to recognize and
verify stewardship practices
• Includes a protocol for third‐party
verification
• May open doors to supply‐chain
connections and recognition of
farm stewardship
• Vision of conservation districts as
third‐party verifiers
• Want to join review team? See me
RSE at Minnesota dairy

3. NACD is also…
• Encouraging its leaders to
embrace RSE
• Asking leaders to take RSE
message to local boards
• Districts are nationwide
• NACD leaders are local leaders
• This will help grow RSE

4. RSE and supply‐chain sustainability
• RSE may have a niche in this arena
• NACD has long supported market‐oriented solutions
• Supply‐chain sustainability metrics are everyday realities for many
producers
Pollinator plot on Minnesota
farm created with incentives
from General Mills.

5. NACD, NRCS and Supply Chain
• Active members of Field to Market (FTM)
• FTM brings together
• Grower organizations
• Agribusinesses
• Food, beverage, restaurant and retail companies
• Conservation groups
• Universities
• Public sector partners
• Focus on defining, measuring, and advancing the
sustainability of food, fiber, and fuel production

7. Bill Berry, billnick@charter.net
www.nacdnet.org
It’s all about good planning!