Rural Investment to Protect our Environment

This award renews general operating support for Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE). RIPE’s mission is to make regenerative agriculture and renewable energy on farmland more accessible and affordable to farmers and ranchers through public policy, advocacy, research, education, and outreach. RIPE pursues its mission by building a coalition of agriculture leaders to champion policies that compensate growers for environmental stewardship at rates that reflect the ecosystem service values they deliver to society. Through integration of regenerative agriculture and renewable energy, RIPE supports producers to make the most of available land without seriously degrading natural resources, maximize economic benefits for producers and their communities, and promotes energy security within rural communities and beyond.

Rural Investment to Protect Our Environment (RIPE) cultivates a coalition of agriculture leaders and environmental organizations to champion a climate policy that compensates growers for voluntary stewardship practices at rates that reflect the ecosystem service values they deliver to society. Through coalition building, RIPE pursues bipartisan climate policy to enable America’s agricultural producers to earn a fair and profitable incentive from voluntary environmental stewardship practices. RIPE is a fully remote organization. This X-Grant supports RIPE’s annual meeting.

This award provides general operating support to Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE). RIPE is dedicated to supporting bipartisan climate policy by enabling America’s agricultural producers to earn a fair and profitable incentive from voluntary environmental stewardship practices. RIPE pursues its mission by cultivating a coalition of agriculture leaders and environmental organizations to champion climate policy that compensates growers for environmental stewardship at rates that reflect the ecosystem service values they deliver to society. This one-year award supports RIPE’s general operations as they collaborate on the implementation of the RIPE100 pilot project in Arkansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Virginia.

Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (RIPE) is dedicated to supporting bipartisan climate policy by enabling America’s agricultural producers to earn a fair and profitable incentive from voluntary environmental stewardship practices. RIPE’s mission is to cultivate a coalition of agriculture leaders and environmental organizations to champion a climate policy that compensates growers for voluntary stewardship practices at rates that reflect the ecosystem service values they deliver to society. RIPE spun off from its fiscal sponsor, Multiplier, to formally became a 501(c)3 in 2022; this award supports RIPE’s first-ever annual meeting in Washington DC.