FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
The USDA's $1.5B investment in the RCPP will advance climate-smart agriculture in the US while expanding the number, reach and variety of conservation programs. Realizing the full potential of this funding requires intentional action and collaboration across the agricultural ecosystem.
FINANCE & INVESTMENT -
This week in regenerative-ag news, Heineken, innocent Drinks and Rainforest
Alliance all revealed progress in scaling practices that increase resilience in
food and beverage supply chains around the world.
THE NEXT ECONOMY -
As Deschutes and Patagonia Provisions partner on beers made from regenerative
grain, nearly 50% of beer lovers around the world say they will pay more for a
sustainable brew.
WALKING THE TALK -
A new Quantis report has identified several common gaps in company strategies
that will keep businesses sustainability targets out of reach and five key
priorities for companies to adopt.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
Thursday at SB Brand-Led Culture Change, a variety of stakeholders driving
regenerative agriculture shared insights on demystifying regenerative ag for
consumers, quantifying regenerative sourcing and creating resilience in cotton
production.
MARKETING AND COMMS -
The brand invites fans to ‘adopt’ one of four classic, mayo-centric sandwiches
at risk of extinction to increase awareness of the importance of regenerative
farming practices.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
A €30M portfolio in Europe and a $50M fund in the US put much-needed capital behind cultivating regenerative-ag value chains, while a partnership with NatureMetrics supports
Unilever's work to make farming its ingredients climate resilient.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
innocent Drinks adds £1m to its Farmer Innovation Fund to support regenerative
fruit & vegetable farming within its supply chain, while Applegate sets to
transitioning its entire beef hot dog portfolio to regeneratively grazed beef by
2025.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
The program will work with farms that grow mustard seeds and mint leaves used in
Colman’s products.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
Regenerative sustainability provides a pragmatic foundation to demonstrate
caregiving and relationality to people and planet. It shouldn’t be a ‘battle
against climate change;’ it should be a ‘relationship we’re working to heal.’
COLLABORATION -
Bayer and Perdue have joined forces to drive regenerative-ag practices
throughout the value chain to cut emissions, reduce environmental impact and
improve soil health at scale. We caught up with them to learn more.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
Cactus cookies, banana-peel snacks, wrinkled-pea pasta are contenders in the
Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Challenge for companies to design new products — or
redesign existing ones — using circular principles that help address climate
change and regenerate nature.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
The two have partnered to help Stonyfield build out a program aligned with its
science-based climate targets that empowers its farmers with actionable insights
to bolster emission-reduction and carbon-sequestration efforts.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
Through a partnership with Regrow Ag, precision-agriculture business Netafim is
helping rice farmers worldwide to seamlessly adopt climate-smart farming
practices.
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE -
Insights shared throughout the week at SB’23 San Diego highlighted the organizational shifts occurring — and those still needed — to bring a resilient future to life.
SUPPLY CHAIN -
At SB’23 San Diego, a variety of brands and innovators discussed on-the-ground improvements cleaning up global and regional supply chains — and how to drive them further.
WALKING THE TALK -
At SB’23 San Diego, several discussions and events explored the potential for social impact when we rethink business as usual.
MARKETING AND COMMS -
Final-day keynotes at SB’23 San Diego explored various approaches to turning consumers into collaborators in our efforts to create an ethical, equitable, climate-resilient future for all.
PROTEIN PACT -
At SB’23 San Diego, we got several looks at some of the holistic, new approaches to agriculture that may just mitigate the risks in how our food — even meat — is produced.
PRODUCT, SERVICE & DESIGN INNOVATION -
Naturally, food and its many issues has been a major topic this week at
SB’23 San Diego.
Here, two panels of innovators share their approaches to filling in systemic
gaps in our food system.