Alliance for Rural Impact Advances SDGs in Arkansas and Mid-South

Portrait of happy young farmer using digital tablet while working on organic sustainable farm to cultivate vegetation in agribusiness. Man using technology to prepare harvest and monitor plant growth.

Alliance for Rural Impact (ARI) is a nonprofit organization focused on building community equity by finding and providing expert technical assistance to under-supported rural and tribal partners. ARI stand out to Echo360 as a mission-driven organization committed to supporting environmental justice communities. Based out of Arkansas, ARI works with partners at home and “throughout the…

California Strawberry Commission Engineers Water-Saving Growing Method Amid Chronic Drought

Latino farmer picks strawberries from bushes on dirt mounds covered with black plastic to trap moisture around the plant's base. This technique was implemented by the California Strawberry Commission to make their crop more drought resistant.

Photo courtesy of the California Strawberry Commission. The California Strawberry Commission (CSC) represents strawberry farmers, shippers, and processors working across Salinas, Watsonville, Santa Maria, Oxnard, San Diego and Orange counties, and parts of the Coachella Valley. Together, the CSC stewards about 31,000 acres of farmland, which, large as it may sound, is less than one…