Connecting agtech startups with creative capital with benefits beyond financial gain is vital to the long-term success of the sector — and the planet.
Two Boston startups welcomed new executives and McDonalds got a new chief impact officer.
Protestors took issue with some of the key sponsors — global food businesses accused of greenwashing and using regenerative agriculture for marketing.
Alt meat, seafood, dairy, and egg companies can use the reporting frameworks to standardize their ESG impact for investors and consumers.
We checked in on PepsiCo’s climate commitments to discover 345k out of 7m acres are using regen ag practices while their emissions reduction targets have been a mixed bag.
Less than one year after going public, crop genetics company Benson Hill discusses the role its closed-loop farming system has over all of its ESG metrics.
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.
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