Amy Hammett is responsible for the operations of Understanding Ag. She first learned the principles of soil health from Understanding Ag and the Soil Health Academy on her and her husband's small, direct-to-market family farm in Kansas. Raising 4 boys, chickens, pigs, goats, and produce, they learned how regenerative agriculture not only increases on-farm profitability but also mitigates the effects of drought and flood on their operation and increases nutrient density.
Born and raised in Louisiana, Amy and her family returned to the Deep South after the pandemic to care for an aging parent. A veteran science teacher and healthcare data scientist, a focus of her work today continues to be supporting producers in increasing nutrient density and water infiltration and restoring agricultural and ecosystem functions. Still having the heart of a teacher, she also supports local, regional, and national education leaders in their on-going efforts to strengthen Next Generation workforce development.
