New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- For decades, the VanTilburg family of western Ohio has made stewardship their No. 1 priority. They started with no-till and cover crops and kept at it even though financial incentive was minimal. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in Kansas, McCarty family farms was doing the same thing.
Today, their commitments to regenerative agriculture is paying off in spades through a partnership between the VanTilburg family, McCarty Family Farms and a non-GMO contract with Dannon. It's because of their commitment to sustainability, technology and progressive improvement they were named the 2020 Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year.
"Five or six years ago, my brothers and I were looking to get out of the big swings of the commod...