September 2025 Issue

 Acres U.S.A., The Voice of Eco-Agriculture, September 2025 | Issue #651, Copyright 2025, 67 pages. 

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Contents

September 2025 • Issue #651

Photo: Farm (Courtesy of Oliver James) 

Photo caption: A soil core for sampling. The networks that make up the soil-food-web bear many similarities to the complexity of the human food chain. Read our interview with Joni Kindwall-Moore about how she plans to help growers better connect to processors and producers on page 42.

FEATURES

The Optimization of Diversification
The days of supporting a family on 40 acres and three cows are gone, but stability and profitability can return by developing diversified market streams
BY CLAIRE SMITH

Measuring Regeneration
Verifying that a product has been grown regeneratively means assessing management practices, land effects and the quality and nutrient density of the product itself
BY DOUG PETERSON

Design a System, Manage a Living Organism
How we built a $300,000/year regenerative farm in under three years — without owning land
BY NOAH POULOS

The Same Hoosier Soil
An interview with John Hartsough of Creekside Farms on soil conservation, adapting with the times and the independence found in farming

Toxic Forages?
A grazier’s education in three species
BY SHAWN AND BETH DOUGHERTY

Ecology, Supply Chains and Economics
By weaving together ecology and economics, and by building internally self-regulating economies, we can create supply chains that support life rather than degrade it
BY MARK SHEPARD

DEPARTMENTS

VIEW FROM THE COUNTRY
Monthly musings from Acres U.S.A.’s editor

OPINION
The Nature of (Hu)man-Made Disasters
When will Americans have the will to alter the course of the slow-moving, human-made natural disaster our food system has become?
BY CHARLES BENBROOK

ECO-UPDATE
News in brief on developments in agronomic science

REGEN AGRONOMY
In Tall Cotton
Most farmers bear the financial and environmental risks while brands and consumers remain disconnected from the land — regenerative supply chains seek to change that
By Kish Johnson

INTERVIEW
LinkedIn Meets Airbnb for Regenerative Food Systems
Snacktivist founder Joni Kindwall-Moore explains why regenerative agriculture is ready for innovative technology to better connect growers with processers and new markets

REVIEWS

MARKETPLACE

CLASSIFIEDS

ECO-MEETINGS

ECO-GRAPHIC

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