Land
Taking care of the land that takes care of us.
Sustainable Practices, from the Ground Up
At Simplot, 成为土地的好管家不仅仅是我们业务的核心——这只是我们应该做的正确的事情. 可持续的土地利用和自然资源保护对于满足当今不断增长的人口和子孙后代的全球粮食需求至关重要.
Our story begins with soil health and nutrient stewardship: caring for the lands that feed us. As a company founded on potato production, we continually strive to find new ways of growing better food. Whether we use the land for agriculture or mining, we take enhanced measures for reclamation and conservation as we work.
Soil Health and Nutrient Stewardship
我们承诺投资于土壤健康研究和养分管理，以帮助种植者更有效地利用肥料和水资源.
Advance Best Practices through 4Rs Nutrient Stewardship
Simplot supports and participates in the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program. 该项目推广减少土壤养分流失的最佳做法，旨在提高效率，同时加强环境保护和可持续发展工作. It’s an approach that encourages the use of the right fertilizer source, at the right rate, at the right time, and in the right place.
The 4Rs framework helps us maximize production while respecting our resources. For example, 位于华盛顿哥伦比亚河流域的Simplot Grandview农场表明，目前的养分施用比10年前至少提高了15%的效率, with improved yield and quality. We are proud to be recognized as a 4R Advocate.
Build Soil Health Research Partnerships
Through collaboration with other industry leaders, Simplot helped establish a Distinguished Endowed Chair in soil health for potato cropping systems at Washington State University. This position will direct research into healthier, more productive soils for the potato industry, 解决需要更多地了解微生物和土壤的物理性质如何影响马铃薯健康, quality and yields.
Simplot还通过与明尼苏达大学的特种作物研究倡议(SCRI)赠款参与了马铃薯土壤健康项目. 该项目的总体目标是确定如何最好地衡量马铃薯种植系统的土壤健康, identify the tools (cover crops, soil amendments, rotation schemes) that best enhance both soil health and tuber production, and communicate the findings to potato growers.
Potato Sustainability
We continuously strive to improve potato sustainability through agronomic, soil health, and a variety of research and best practice implementation.
Innovate New Potato Varieties for the Environment
We invest in potato research and development to minimize disease, improve yields, reduce pesticides, enhance safety and provide more environmental sustainability. One way we are doing this is through our variety research and development, including Innate® technology. 先天马铃薯通过增强性状，如减少黑斑挫伤，为马铃薯产业提供了显著的网上赌博网站十大排行优势, meaning fewer potatoes are rejected by packers, processors and consumers leading to less waste. With a reduction in blackspot bruise defects, fewer resources can be used to achieve the same yield, which means farmers generate fewer CO2 emissions while using less water and pesticides. Our conventional variety research and development also looks for the best tasting, most efficient and resilient potato our customers expect.
Partner in the Potato Sustainability Alliance (PSA)
Simplot is a founding member of the PSA, which takes a full value-chain approach to sustainability in partnership with over 600 growers, while fostering collaboration and innovation within the industry. PSA implements an on-farm sustainability framework, which addresses sustainability issues that can be resolved by growers independently on the farm. PSA also develops a Sustainability Assessment tool that measures greenhouse gas emissions, irrigation efficiency, water quality, soil health, integrated pest management and farmer prosperity.
According to the PSA, “When you eat a sustainable potato, 你是在支持一个农民和整个社区，支持他们对环境保护的承诺.”
Land Reclamation
As a vertically integrated company, Simplot has a part in every aspect of food production, 从给我们提供磷矿用来为我们的作物生产肥料的矿山到你餐盘上的食物. We will continue to invest in the study, technologies and best practices for land restoration and reclamation.
Integrate Concurrent Reclamation
Land is reclaimed concurrent with the mining process: as one area is actively mined, the previously mined area is reclaimed. Reclaiming mined land with the required mitigations, salvaged topsoil and native plants aligns with our Simplot Core Value of Respect for Resources. 我们决心尽快将我们的公共土地恢复到正常的栖息地，为当地的野生动物和未来的娱乐提供机会. We contribute information to the annual sustainability report for our industry: Mining the Essentials: Essential nutrients to feed the world.
Monitor and Manage for Reclamation Success at Smoky Canyon
At our Smoky Canyon mine, Simplot follows strict, site-specific approval requirements set by U.S. Federal government agencies such as the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. These agencies require Simplot to reclaim mining areas as we go, placing protective soil covers and planting vegetation. We also mitigate land disturbance by enhancing habitat areas in and around the mine site. Beyond those baseline regulatory requirements, Simplot进行了额外的工作，以确保土壤和植被覆盖系统能够按计划开垦土地, 在采矿期间和采矿后实施详细的环境调查和强有力的监测计划. This process helps address and reduce potential risks to important resources such as wildlife, fisheries, habitat, and ground and surface water.
Restore the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River – for Fish and for History
In 2017, representatives from the J.R. Simplot Company and other organizations received the U.S. Forest Service’s highest honor – the Chiefs Honor Award. 该奖项旨在表彰一项为期五年的合作努力，旨在恢复爱达荷州东部鲑鱼河洋基叉的水道和鱼类栖息地. 我们还致力于解决历史采矿作业的影响，并得到了美国环境保护署的认可.S. Forest Service.
Conservation Agriculture
Our goal: Embrace innovations for improved, more sustainable beef and crop production.
Partner in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef
Simplot is proud to be a member of the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.
Promote Cover Crops and Provide for Pollinators
Simplot is a member of the Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC). CTIC使用一种名为OpTIS(操作耕作信息系统)的工具，该工具使用卫星图像来调查保护性耕作和覆盖作物的利用情况. This information allows us to see how cover crops are being used in the field.
Encourage Climate Learning and Resilience
As members of the Cool Farm Alliance, we celebrate its multi-stakeholder, 科学的方法为可持续农业指标和使用提供行业平台. By providing a common platform, growers anywhere in the world can learn more about their part in the planet’s climate. As a company that touches every part of the agriculture and food supply, Simplot is uniquely positioned to act where it matters most. We joined the Cool Farm Alliance to help quantify and focus those points of action over time.
