Stewardship Index For Specialty Crops: Measuring Sustainability Performance | Articles

Announcements

February 16, 2012
Summary of Coordinating Council Meeting February 8-9

January 25, 2012
Ag Alert: Agriculture Must Engage in Conversations About Change

January 23, 2012
The Packer: Stewardship Index makes impact in fresh produce industry

January 18, 2012
SISC Team to Present at EcoFarm Conference 2/2

January 5, 2012
The Packer: "SISC Pilot Plans"

January 3, 2012
Video- Metric Calculator Demo Available

November 3, 2011
SISC Metric Calculator Available for Piloting

September 29, 2011
Measuring Sustainability- SISC and California Sustainable Winegrowing Program profiled in Wine and Vines

August 22, 2011
SISC is Awarded Funding from Conservation Innovation Grant Program of USDA

August 17, 2011
Ag Alert Article: New tool may help farmers to assess stewardship work

August 4, 2011
Summary of most recent Coordinating Council meeting

July 26, 2011
Wired Magazine article mirrors SISC concepts: Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops

June 17, 2011
Update: SISC Beta Metrics and 2011 Pilot

May 19, 2011
"Economy, Ecology, Equity- Groups Seek Balanced Approaches to Sustainability Programs"

April 22, 2011
Update: Pilot participants share feedback on revisions to metrics for 2011

April 21, 2011
Stewardship Index represented at Agriculture 2.0 conference

February 21, 2011
United Fresh reiterates commitment to SISC

February 21, 2011
Upcoming SISC presentation at USDA Ag Outlook Forum

January 27, 2011
The SISC Metric Development Plan for 2011 Growing Season

November 3, 2010
SISC informing Walmart's sustainability index work

November 2, 2010
Meeting of the Coordinating Council Yields Key Outcomes

September 30, 2010
Fall 2010 Newsletter

September 27, 2010
Steering Committee responds to The Pundit

September 23, 2010
Coordinating Council to Meet in Denver

September 21, 2010
Introducing Jessica Siegal, SISC Project Director

August 17, 2010
"The Changing Winds for Agricultural Sustainability"

July 29, 2010
SISC Participant Del Monte Foods Announces its Sustainability Goals

July 20, 2010
Presentation Slides at Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference

July 13, 2010
"Pesticide Risk Calculator Debuts" in Wines and Vines July 2010

July 12, 2010
SISC to be featured at August Sustainable Agricultural Partnerships Conference

June 14, 2010
"Getting Strategic About Measuring Sustainability" by Tim York and Dr. Jeff Dlott

May 13, 2010
Results of MRC Survey on Draft Metrics Now Posted

May 7, 2010
Now Hiring: SISC Project Director

April 23, 2010
Stewardship Index featured at United Fresh

April 19, 2010
Welcome New Coordinating Council Members

March 31, 2010
Update on Pilot Testing the SISC Metrics

March 8, 2010
The Grower: A sustainability mpg rating

December 18, 2009
Project Update

August 4, 2009
Project Update

June 3, 2009
Project Update

April 1, 2009
Project Update

December 18, 2008
Group Seeks to Measure Sustainability Performance for Specialty Crops