Pascal Kuipers
Senior Advisor/ Communications Specialist
Schuttelaar & Partners
Articles by Pascal
Sustainability
The SSAP: A Guideline to Responsible Farming
The U.S. Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol (SSAP) was created by the U.S. Soy Family – USSEC, the United Soybean Board and the American Soybean Association –…
Sustainability
The U.S. Soy Sustainability Assurance Protocol (SSAP) Simplified
U.S. soybean farmers understand the importance of sustainable farming to protect valuable environmental resources. By doing so, they preserve and protect their farming operation for…
Innovation
Iowa Soybean Farm Serves as Prototype for Village Farms in China
Rick Kimberley and wife Martha are the fifth generation on the Kimberley family farm. Son Grant, the sixth generation, not only contributes to U.S. Soy…
Cover Crops
Water Drainage, Soil Highlighted on Mark Eck’s Maryland Row Crop and Poultry Farm
Mark Eck built his first chicken house in 1977. While he and his family have expanded beyond poultry over the years, much of the soy…
Cover Crops
Conservation and Wildlife are at the Heart of this Hartly, Delaware Operation
Mike Brown was a forester working for the state of Delaware when he acquired this farm in 1994. At the time, Jim Thompson had already…
Conservation Tillage
Sustainable U.S. Farming Practices by the Numbers
Conservation and sustainable farming practices are practically as old as U.S. agriculture itself. Sustainability is, by its very definition, integral to the farmers who care…