Empowering Regenerative Farmers for a Brighter Future.
The Steward Foundation
The Steward Foundation fights for equitable and regenerative agriculture by building healthy farmland and resilient communities. We target our support to the farmers working day in and day out to transform agriculture because we believe that lasting change grows from the ground up. By partnering with leaders throughout the food movement we advance the large-scale systemic changes needed to repair the environmental and social damage done by conventional commodity production.
Launched in 2019, The Steward Foundation is sponsored by Steward, a certified B-Corp providing private commercial loans and expert support services regenerative farmers and food producers need to expand and sustain their businesses.
Supporting Regenerative Agriculture
Agriculture is dynamic and complex, requiring a holistic approach to place-specific conditions; what may be appropriate in one context can be inappropriate in others. When The Steward Foundation talks about our support for regenerative agriculture, we focus on projects that are:
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Regenerative
Regenerative methods that increase biodiversity, enrich soils, improve watershed health, sequester more carbon than they release, and enhance ecosystem services.
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Human Scale
Human-scale operations that engage more “hands on the land” and establish a productive and restorative scale of agricultural management.
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Equitable
Equitable systems and businesses that support underserved groups and empower communities.
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Sustainable
Sustainable approaches that sustain working lands, natural resources, and local communities.
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Appropriate
Appropriate right-sized and suitable for a specific community, location, or operation.
Recent Projects
Growers & Co. Partnership
Led by renowned organic market gardener Jean-Martin Fortier, Growers & Co. champions small-scale farming and local food systems around the world. As part of their new Growing Change Program, The Steward Foundation is partnering with G &C to provide grant funding and access to capital to emerging U.S. regenerative farmers. Learn more at Growers & Co.
Kettle & Fire Partnership
Deepening their commitment to sustainable agriculture, bone broth purveyor Kettle & Fire has launched a new line of regeneratively-sourced bone broths. In conjunction with the product release, The Steward Foundation is partnering with K &F to provide grants to select U.S. livestock ranchers working to put more acres under regenerative practice. Learn more at Kettle & Fire.
In The Press
Aquaculture North America
“West Coast industry groups cooking up customer-experience center.” ⏤ January 24, 2022, by Liza Mayer
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
hello@gosteward.org
Phone
503-868-0400