OUR HISTORY

In 1997, a group of farm operators and landowners called a meeting to discuss growing environmental issues surrounding production agriculture. The group felt that an organization should be established to facilitate environmental improvements on the farm and help the region address growing natural resource concerns. Numerous state, federal and private natural resource agencies and regulators were recruited to help develop what became the Delta F.A.R.M. Program.  

In the summer of 1998, a pilot program was initiated to determine if the program could succeed. 161,000 acres were enrolled in the program in less than 6 months. With quick found success and seed money secured though allied agricultural interests, the farm leaders who help establish the program decided to expand the pilot program and formally establish Delta F.A.R.M. in October of 1998.

OUR PARTNERS

• ​Delta Council
• Delta Wildlife
• Mississippi Association of Conservation Districts
• Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
• Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
• Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
• Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation
• Mississippi Soil and Water Conservation Commission
• ​Mississippi Department of Health 

• Mississippi State University
• ​U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• USDA Farm Service Agency
• USDA Agricultural Research Service
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Joint Water Management District

OUR SPONSORS AND GRANTORS

Delta F.A.R.M. utilizes funding from sponsors and grants to administer the Delta F.A.R.M. Program. The organization is grateful to its sponsors for their support and dedication to Delta F.A.R.M., the producers in the Mississippi Delta and to our natural and wildlife resources. 
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GOALS

• Increase the overall environmental stewardship of producers in the Yazoo Basin
  
• Improve existing conservation practices through research and education
• Improve the overall environmental health of the Yazoo Basin
  
• Educate producers on production systems that provide both economic and environmental benefits
• Document the current voluntary conservation efforts being implemented and improvements over time
  
• Educate the consumer public on the efforts begin made by producers in the Yazoo Basin to address environmental concerns
• Establish a recognized and respected environmental organization that will provide the producers of Northwest Mississippi with a voice when environmental issues and potential regulatory laws are being discussed at the State and National level.