Our Mission
RIPE’s mission is to advance a fair value for voluntary agricultural stewardship.
Our Vision
Agricultural producers and communities benefit in a system that aligns economic incentives with voluntary practices that enhances our soil, water and climate.
About RIPE
Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE) is working to create enabling conditions to scale climate smart and regenerative agriculture through national policy and other means including research, education and more. At its core, RIPE’s work focuses on enabling producers to earn a fair return for implementing voluntary conservation practices. Our work is informed by several working coalitions of farmers, ranchers, producer groups and commodity groups to ensure that our priorities are timely, relevant and impactful for producers across the country with operations of all sizes.
Under RIPE’s proposal, previously referred to as RIPE100, producers will earn equitable payments above implementation costs, economic losses during transition to new practices and future climate policy implications. By aligning payment terms with the combined environmental benefits that producers deliver to the public, RIPE’s proposal ensures farmers and ranchers are fully protected from climate policy costs. Contrarily, climate policy is transformed into a profit opportunity that benefits producers and the environment alike.
Our Five-Year Strategic Plan
The goals of RIPE’s five-year strategic plan, as developed in early 2023, are as follows:
- Build an impactful and diverse coalition to shape new climate funds to deliver equitable payments above costs.
- Integrate equity and inclusion principles in leadership, program and policy.
- Once a national program is established, support implementation and dialogue to expand it through climate coalition opportunities.
- Establish RIPE as a successful, sustainable organization.
