Chief innovation officer Ethan Soloviev shares how his other day job – running a regenerative farm – informs his work at the impact intelligence platform.
Cargill will enroll US cotton growers in its RegenConnect program that pays farmers for implementing soil health practices.
Despite progress, six major fast food brands must do more to reduce water pollution and provide more transparency in their animal protein supply chains.
Carbon Collective hopes to give individual sustainable investment portfolios more power and in doing so force corporations to decarbonize faster.
Regrow will use the funds to boost its presence in “key food-producing regions across the globe,” says founder Anastasia Volkova.
The US company’s soil carbon measurement, reporting, and verification platform could help corporates better meet their emissions reductions targets.
But early signs suggest a slowdown in 2022.
Organizations that make the Cool Food Pledge aim to slash food-related emissions by 25% by 2030 by transitioning their customers to more eco-friendly diets.
Keeping tabs on meat and dairy corporate climate goals is vital to holding these companies accountable for meaningful emissions reductions.
Enabling wider access to manure management tech such as anaerobic digesters is necessary for reducing dairy emissions in the US.
Benson Hill aims to scale its Ultra-High Protein soy by incorporating it into Kellogg’s MorningStar Farms alt-meat range.
Check out AFN’s list of corporate climate commitments, net-zero pledges, and regen ag initiatives.
Farmers can use the R3 web app to forecast their potential return on investment for implementing various regenerative ag practices.
The FAIRR Protein Producer Index has just been published for the fourth time; and many of the world’s major meat and dairy companies still have a lot to do.
At Davos in 2019, an acquaintance of mine had been cornered by a journalist into committing to net zero. It might just have got him out of COP26.
REG sustainability head Kristin Dillavou said its roots in ag, and Iowa, are a strong driver behind its ability to innovate for more environmentally-friendly solutions.
US Farmers & Ranchers in Action, the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, and the World Farmers’ Organization are also participants.
The Stockholm-based startup claims its platform has tracked over 8,000 suppliers, 250,000 products, and goods worth more than $12 billion to date.
By joining the CanopyStyle initiative, Walmart will impel its suppliers to use alternate fiber sources such as ag byproducts.
There’s nothing new about agrifood corporates investing directly in strategic technologies – but it is now a mainstream approach.
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