Regenerative farm records that stand up to review.

For farms and ranches in the USDA Regenerative Pilot Program. Keep the records the program asks for in one place, and have Made in USA Inc. verify them independently, with a public page anyone can check from a QR code.

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What the program asks of a farm

  • A whole-farm assessmentDone with NRCS staff, a partner, or a technical service provider, covering soil and water.
  • At least one primary practiceFrom the NRCS list, such as cover crop, prescribed grazing, or no-till.
  • Soil health testingAt least in the first and last year of the contract, to show the change.

Source: USDA NRCS Regenerative Pilot Program.

How verification works

  1. 1
    Set up your farm and fieldsAcres, land use, and your whole-farm plan.
  2. 2
    Log practices from the fieldA photo, the date, and your location from your phone. Each photo gets a fingerprint so it can't be quietly swapped later.
  3. 3
    Add your soil test resultsAttach the lab report for your baseline test, and later your final test.
  4. 4
    Get verifiedA Made in USA Inc. reviewer checks the records and issues a certificate with a public QR page for buyers and partners.

When to apply

You apply to the program itself through your local NRCS Service Center, by your state's ranking date. Find yours with the USDA Service Center Locator. You can start keeping records with us before or after you apply.

Made in USA Inc. independently verifies records of how regenerative practices were carried out. This is not a USDA certification or endorsement, and we do not submit applications or make funding decisions. USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service runs the Regenerative Pilot Program. "Regenerative" has no federal legal definition. We never ask for your Social Security or tax ID number.
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