Rodale Institute

06/02/2026

Pollinators don’t just make our gardens beautiful—they’re essential to our food system. 🐝🌻

About 75% of the world’s flowering plants and 35% of our food crops rely on animal pollinators to reproduce. That means 1 in every 3 bites of food depends on pollinators like bees, butterflies, and beetles. At Rodale Institute, our research connects the dots between pollinator health, organic practices, and resilient food systems. By promoting regenerative organic farming, we’re building habitats that support both crop production and biodiversity.

Want to protect pollinators? Start with the soil.

06/02/2026

Grow stronger—together 🌱

Join us for Growing Stronger Together: Organic Farming Solutions, a one-day symposium bringing farmers, educators, and ag professionals together to explore practical, real-world organic solutions.

✅ Soil health & water management
✅ W**d management strategies
✅ Market readiness + scaling your business
✅ Farmer panel with real insights from the field

Whether you’re transitioning to organic or looking to strengthen your current operation, this is your space to learn, connect, and grow.

📅 June 17th
📍 Pegasus Manor Eustis, FL
🎟️ Free to attend (lunch provided)
👉 Register now: https://bit.ly/4dkXSPo

City of Eustis, Florida - America's Hometown

06/01/2026

Looking to learn, connect, and explore the future of organic and regenerative agriculture? 🌱

Our upcoming events include educational webinars, on-farm field days, consulting gatherings, and opportunities to engage with the farmers, researchers, and leaders shaping the future of food.

From practical growing knowledge to meaningful conversations about the connection between soil health and human health, each event offers a chance to deepen your understanding and be part of the regenerative organic movement.

Explore all upcoming events: https://rodaleinstitute.org/events/

06/01/2026

2026 Saticoy Sowers Workshops

From farm to market and everything in between — Saticoy Sowers is a workshop series designed to help farmers build resilient farms and thriving businesses. Eight workshops, real skills, and a community of growers to learn alongside.

⏰Wednesdays 4–6pm
📅June 3rd through July 22nd
📍Rodale Institute California Organic Center
$25 each

June 3rd: From Farm to Sale: Know Your Food System, Navigate your Market
Register: https://rodaleinstitute.org/events/saticoy-sowers-workshop-series-from-farm-to-sale-know-your-food-system-navigate-your-market/

June 10th: Know Your Soil: Texture, Chemistry, Biology
Register: https://rodaleinstitute.org/events/saticoy-sowers-workshop-series-know-your-soil-texture-chemistry-biology/

June 17th: Feed Your Soil, Feed Your Plant
Register: https://rodaleinstitute.org/events/saticoy-sowers-workshop-series-feed-your-soil-feed-your-plant/

June 24th: Growing with Intention: Certification, Crop Planning, & Beyond
Register: https://rodaleinstitute.org/events/saticoy-sowers-workshop-series-growing-with-intention-certification-crop-planning-beyond/

July 1st: IPM Part 1: Creating a Farm Ecosystem
Register: https://rodaleinstitute.org/events/saticoy-sowers-workshop-series-ipm-part-1-creating-a-farm-ecosystem/

July 8th: IPM Part 2: Tending to your Farm Ecosystem
Register: https://rodaleinstitute.org/events/saticoy-sowers-workshop-series-ipm-part-2-tending-to-your-farm-ecosystem/

July 15th: Regenerative Animal Systems
Register: https://rodaleinstitute.org/events/saticoy-sowers-workshop-series-regenerative-animal-systems/

July 22nd: From Farm to Fridge: Food Safety & Harvest Care
Register: https://rodaleinstitute.org/events/saticoy-sowers-workshop-series-from-farm-to-fridge-food-safety-harvest-care/

06/01/2026

Thinking about starting a career in organic agriculture? 🌱

Join Rodale Institute for a free webinar exploring two of our hands-on farmer training programs: the Rodale Institute Farmer Training (RIFT) program and the Veteran Farmer Training Program (VFTP).

Learn how these immersive programs prepare beginning farmers through real-world experience, education, and mentorship rooted in regenerative organic agriculture. Presenters will walk through the similarities and differences between each program, curriculum highlights, and what participants can expect from the training experience.

📅 August 5, 2026
⏰ 2:00–3:00 PM EDT

Presenters:
Dan Kemper, Master Trainer
Justin Barclay, Global Education Operations Manager

Whether you are exploring a future in farming, transitioning careers, or looking to deepen your agricultural knowledge, this webinar is a great place to start.

Register here:

This webinar is an overview of the Rodale Institute Farmer Training (RIFT) and the Veteran Farmer Training Program (VFTP) programs at the Rodale

05/28/2026

What could the future of farming look like?

Rodale Institute’s Midwest Organic Center partnered with Salin 247, a robotics company focused on autonomous farming technology, to plant corn in our Diverse Systems Trial.

Emerging technologies like autonomous equipment have the potential to help make farming more sustainable, efficient, and cost effective, while supporting farmers facing labor shortages, rising input costs, and changing environmental conditions.

By testing these tools in real-world organic systems, we can better understand how innovation and regenerative organic agriculture may work together to support the future of farming.

Swipe through for a look at the planting 🚜🌱

05/28/2026

Free Webinar: Can Organic Dairy Meet Science-Based Climate Goals?
June 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT

The Science-Based Targets Initiative is the leading framework for corporate climate action, used by over 10,000 companies globally, including some of the world’s biggest dairy brands. But the details behind corporate climate plans are rarely shared publicly, so it can be hard to evaluate the science behind a science-based target. In this webinar, we use data from a fast-growing organic yogurt company, Painterland Sisters, to assess the feasibility of meeting science-based targets for organic dairy. We show that SBTi’s “near term” targets are readily achievable for organic dairy. But SBTi’s “long term” net-zero targets appear to be currently unfeasible. We share some alternative long-term ideas for climate and dairy, including “fossil fuel free” dairy and separate goals for methane and other greenhouse gases.

Panelists will include:
Franklin Egan and Matty Rotman, Painterland Sisters
Sage Dennis, Rodale Institute

Register now:

The Science-Based Targets Initiative is the leading framework for corporate climate action, used by over 10,000 companies globally, including some of the

05/27/2026

Women have always been essential to agriculture - growing food, caring for communities, stewarding the land, and shaping the future of farming.

In 2026, the United Nations officially recognizes that impact through the International Year of the Woman Farmer.

Women farmers play a critical role in food security, nutrition, biodiversity, and economic resilience across the globe, often without the recognition or resources they deserve.

🌱 Here’s to the women farming with resilience, knowledge, care, and vision every single day.

05/26/2026

Clean water starts in the field.

In a new position paper, Sean Stokes, PhD, Research Director at Rodale Institute’s Midwest Organic Center, examines how intensive agricultural systems are contributing to nitrate and pesticide contamination in drinking water across the Midwest, and why in-field solutions matter.

The paper highlights how practices like cover crops, diversified crop rotations, and organic management can help reduce pollution at its source while improving soil health and farm resilience.

Read the full paper:

Abstract Access to clean drinking water remains a pressing public health challenge in the United States, particularly in the Midwest where agricultural