Practice Innovation

  • We launched three pilots in 2025 focused on stacked and regenerative practices (see details below).  

  • We are developing a new set of initiatives to support  the implementation of soil health practices and water benefits. All will have soil health and other benefits, and some will have volumetric water savings through irrigation optimization in a regenerative ag context, potentially enabling more investment from the corporate water sector.

Supply Chain Engagement: Dialogues & Info Sharing

  • On January 30, 2026, we launched the first dialogue in the series that engages a broad set of supply chain actors ranging from leading growers to advisors to corporate entities (retailers, food and beverage companies). We started by creating a shared foundation of understanding, getting to know one another, and finding intersecting interests.

    • Series description

    • Future dialogues will be deeper dives and more interactive among all involved. 

  • Future efforts may focus more on practical information sharing and peer-to-peer learning, pending additional funding, on very practical, action-oriented needs.  

  • We expect longer-term engagement to include corporate pilots testing new methods to support, source, and grow market demand. Opportunities will emerge from the dialogues.

Scaling Implementation

  • This capacity-building and enabling work will be supported through field days, webinars, white papers, targeted technical assistance, and case studies, as well as peer-to-peer learning among growers and advisors.

Target Outcomes

The RAW Lab supports a range of interconnected outcomes that reflect the complexity of agricultural water challenges and opportunities. Outcomes include but are not limited to the following:

Water

  • Reduced water demand and increased effective supply

  • Improved water quality

  • Enhanced watershed resilience and soil water-holding capacity

  • Groundwater recharge

Climate

  • Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, including through decreased synthetic nitrogen use

  • Increased carbon benefits aligned with emerging reporting and disclosure requirements

  • Co-benefits for water quality and soil health

Biodiversity & Nature

  • Riparian and wetland restoration

  • Protection of GDEs

  • Habitat creation through hedgerows, pollinator plantings, and bird habitat

  • Nature-based solutions

Social Equity

  • Increased grower viability and economic resilience

  • Co-benefits for farmworker and community health