{"id":7424,"date":"2024-10-28T23:48:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T23:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/?p=7424"},"modified":"2024-10-28T23:48:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T23:48:45","slug":"leading-harvest-audit-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/28\/leading-harvest-audit-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading Harvest Audit Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are proud to announce that USAgriculture has maintained full conformance with&nbsp;<strong>Leading Harvest\u2019s Farmland Management Standard (LH FMS)<\/strong>. This year marks our third year of certification \u2014 highlighting our commitment to sustainable farmland management&nbsp;practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading Harvest\u2019s Standard is a third-party certification that ensures responsible stewardship of agricultural properties for future generations. The LH FMS is a rigorous process that requires the full dedication of our staff, tenants, and operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Averum, an independent certification body, completed a thorough surveillance audit over the summer, which spanned across properties we manage in the Pacific and Pacific Northwest regions. Their full summary can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/US-Ag-2024-Surveillance-II-LH-FMS-Audit-Summary-Report-FINAL-1.pdf\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USAgriculture\u2019s Leading Harvest Farmland Management Audit<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The audit reaffirmed USAgriculture\u2019s effective sustainability practices, including notable energy conservation and biodiversity advancements. Additionally, we received zero major or minor non-conformances, reflecting our adherence to the highest standards in farmland management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Leading Harvest, please visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leadingharvest.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.leadingharvest.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud to announce that USAgriculture has maintained full conformance with&nbsp;Leading Harvest\u2019s Farmland Management Standard (LH FMS). This year marks our third year of certification \u2014 highlighting our commitment&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7424"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7739,"href":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7424\/revisions\/7739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/us-agriculture.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}