Watch our videos to learn more about RIPE.
- RIPE100 Would Cut Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 58%
- Is the RIPE100 Plan of Paying Producers $100/Acre or AU Realistic? 3 Former USDA Leaders Say Yes
- RIPE Is Gaining Steam! Here’s How You Can Get Involved.
- RIPE100 Would Shake Up the Climate Policy Status Quo to Benefit Farmers, Ranchers and the Public
- Meet RIPE’s Producer-Leaders: Jim Whitaker, RIPE Steering Committee Member and Arkansas Rice Farmer
- Meet RIPE’s Producer-Leaders: Jimmy Emmons, RIPE Steering Committee Member, Third-Generation Farmer
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Meet RIPE’s Producer-Leaders: Eunice Biel, VP of RIPE’s Board of Directors and a Dairy Farmer
- Meet RIPE’s Producer-Leaders: Curt Mether, RIPE Board President and Third-Generation Farmer
- Farmer Curt Mether: One of the Things I Like About RIPE Is It’s Voluntary With Incentives
- Farmer John Boyd Jr.: RIPE is ‘Huge Step in the Right Direction for America’s Farmers’
- RIPE Brings Diverse Groups Together to Benefit All Farmers
- Problem With Climate Policies: ‘Farmers Aren’t Going to Make a Decision That’s Going to Cost Them’
- How the RIPE100 Plan is Inclusive to Benefit America’s Farmers With $100 Per Acre Payments
- Farmer John Boyd Jr: I Commend RIPE for Taking Charge
- Farmer John Boyd Jr.: RIPE is ‘Right Opportunity and the Right People at the Table’
- Sustainable Agriculture Summit: Beyond the Elections Panel
RIPE in the News in 2022
- Reaping Environmental Rewards: Food and ag businesses are leading stewardship efforts, John Deere’s The Furrow, June 1, 2022
- A New Approach to Conservation Benefits, The North Dakota Soybean Grower Magazine, Pages 18-19, June 2022
- RIPE Coalition applies for USDA Climate Smart pilot, Farm Progress, Farm Progress, May 23, 2022
- Farm group requests $100/acre or $100/animal unit to fight climate change, Minnesota Farm Guide, May 20, 2022
- USDA’s tall task: Picking winners for $1B climate-smart funding pool, Agri-Pulse, May 18, 202
- Producer-Led RIPE Expands Steering Committee, DRGNews.com, March 15, 2022
- Interview with Steering Committee Member Ed Kessel and RIPE Executive Director Aliza Wasserman-Drewes, Ag Central Radio Network, March 11, 2022
- USDA Program Adds New Twists to Selling Sustainable Agriculture, Public News Service, Feb. 24, 2022
- RIPE Opportunity for Farmers on Climate Change, Pacific Northwest Ag Network, Feb. 11, 2022
RIPE in the News in 2021
- RIPE program offers climate solution for farmers, Red River Farm Network, Dec. 11 2021
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Farmer-led RIPE Expands Steering Committee with Two New Members, Rural Radio, Nov. 5, 2021
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Farmer-led RIPE expands steering committee with two new members, Morning Ag Clips, Nov. 4, 2021
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RIPE100 program rollout cost would be ‘modest,’ Farm Press, Oct. 22, 2021
- Could RIPE100 proposal be part of next farm bill?, Farm Press, Oct. 20, 2021
- RIPE: Pay farmers $100 per acre for conservation efforts, Farm Press, Oct. 18, 2021
- Group develops plan to ensure farmers are compensated for their conservation work (27:57), Adams on Agriculture, American Ag Network, Oct. 13, 2021
- Farmer-led coalition advancing $100/acre climate policy plan, KBHB Radio, Oct. 12, 2021
- Rural Investment To Protect Our Environment Advancing Climate Policy Plan, WNAX 570 AM, Oct. 12, 2021
- Ag coalition proposes climate mitigation for $100 an acre, Successful Farming, Oct. 12, 2021
- Ag coalition proposes climate mitigation for $100 an acre, FERN’s Ag Insider, Oct. 11, 2021
- Farmer-led Coalition Advancing $100/acre Climate Policy Plan, AgNet West Radio Network, Oct. 11, 2021
- Farmer-led group pushes $100 per acre climate policy plan, RFD TV, Oct. 11, 2021
- Farm Groups Join to Seek at Least $100 per Acre for USDA Conservation Program, Progressive Farmer by DTN, Oct. 7, 2021
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BRAD DOYLE: Improving sustainable soybean stewardship, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Sept. 5, 2021
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Besides the extra dollars you’re already earning from no-till, this climate-friendly practice is adding another $112 per acre in environmental value for the non-farm public, No-Till Farmer, August 2021
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Mother Earth: Voluntary farming practices aim to aid farmers, protect environment, Northeast Arkansas Talk Business and Politics, August 2021
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How Carbon May Become Another Crop for Farmers, Successful Farming, February 2021
Access podcasts and webinars featuring RIPE team members.
- Rural Investment to Protect Our Environment with Martin Barbre, “Sorghum Smart Talk: Policy Edition,” June 20, 2022
- Episode 68: RIPE, “Working Ranch Radio Show,” April 29, 2022
- Episode 23: RIPE, Linder Farm Network “Field Talk Podcast,” April 20, 2022
- “The Farm Bill Gets RIPE! Sustainable Ag Policy Gets Its Day In The Sun”, “14th & G” podcast, March 2022
- “Budding program seeks to pay producers for environmental efforts,” Agri-Pulse “DriveTime”podcast, March 18, 2022
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Southern Plains Podcast #53, Aliza Wasserman-Drewes, Exec. Director, RIPE, “Southern Plains Podcast,” March 18. 2022
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“A look back at the growing season and RIPE with ND Grain Growers VP Ed Kessel,” AgNews890.com, “Farm Talk Podcasts,” Dec. 8, 2021
- A Conversation About Climate Policy That Integrates Fair and Forward-Looking Agricultural Solutions, Minnesota Farmers Union Presents In the Tractor Seat, October 2021
- Farming for the Future: Ecosystem Markets, Beyond Carbon Webinar, Illinois Sustainable Ag Partnership, July 2021
- This New USDA Program Could Pay Farmers $100 Per Acre, Farming the Countryside Podcast, April 2021
- The Limits of Soil Carbon Sequestration Webinar, Breakthrough Institute, September, 2020
Read our monthly newsletters.
Access RIPE press releases, logos and other resources.
PRESS RELEASE: IRA Offers Opportunity to Shift From Cost-Share to Reasonable Return for Ag Producers – Aug. 17, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: National Latino Farmers and Ranchers Joins RIPE Steering Committee – Aug. 15, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: National Sorghum Producers Is First National Commodity To Join RIPE Steering Committee – June 2, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: RIPE Adds Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association As First Livestock Organization on Steering Committee – May 2, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: Producer-Led RIPE Expands Steering Committee With National Black Growers Council – Feb. 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: RIPE Offers Farmers, Ranchers Opportunity to Build Climate Policy That Works For Them and The Public – Feb. 10, 2022
PRESS RELEASE: Former USDA-Appointee Martin R. Barbre Joins RIPE Leadership – Dec. 7, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: RIPE Expands Steering Committee With Two New Members – Nov. 4, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: What is RIPE? – October 2021
Access helpful links and downloadable resources.
- Downloadable PDF of a brief RIPE 100 presentation.
- Links to RIPE in the news, on podcasts and webinars, and in videos.
- RIPE’s email newsletter archive.
- Reports on how specific commodities would be impacted by RIPE100.
- Downloadable graphic of RIPE’s Steering Committee members.
- Downloadable press release introducing RIPE and outlining our goal.
- Downloadable RIPE100 policy proposal one-pager and invitation to RIPE101 webinars.
- Downloadable RIPE logo.