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America is hungrier than ever for sustainable food systems. Can we build them?  

GreenBiz

Stories of small farms pivoting their operations on a dime were easy to find in the early months of the pandemic: these farmers worked overtime to meet customer demand, added services such as online ordering and home delivery, and jumped into action to prop up community food banks struggling to serve an influx of the newly unemployed.

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The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy

GreenBiz

It therefore appears timely to further explore the potential of large-scale investment in regenerative , peri-urban production, together with digitally enabled precision agriculture. Finally, regenerative agriculture is also a powerful force in the climate crisis mitigation arsenal, as circular economy strategies could reduce emissions by 5.6

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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

With Susan Sarandon and Meryl Streep at the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute gala, 2012. Ellen MacArthur has adopted biological, technical, restorative, regenerative. Those kinds of things were people paying attention to issues of human health and dignity and trade and quality. It is slow but worthwhile.

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AB InBev VP: Our quest for 'agile' sustainable development continues

GreenBiz

division in 2019 signed the beer industry’s largest power purchase agreement to date) and support for farmers adopting regenerative agriculture practices. They couldn't go and open a bank account. Regenerative Agriculture. Clancy: How has the situation affected your packaging commitments and recycling strategy, if at all?

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Give Something Greater: 15 Gifts for Nature Lovers

B the Change

Nicaragua Sacaclí Coffee Equator Coffees | United States Women-Owned, Small Business, LGBTQIA-Owned Price: $18 USD Equator Coffees partnered with Regenerative Organic Alliance and Cooperativa de Servicios Múltiples Sacaclí to develop a new sustainable coffee label: Regenerative Organic Certified (ROC).

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Let There Be (Sun)light

Chris Hall

First founded in 2012 as a crowdfunding platform aiming to finance decentralised solar energy projects in Africa, the firm rapidly became a success story, progressively turning into a sizeable private debt management company financing renewable energy projects across emerging markets. “We

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Looking back on the future

Envirotec Magazine

In 2018 the World Bank and others agreed significant funding to help governments boost the resilience of communities, including things like the Green Climate Fund, intended to provide support for lower income countries. Soon afterwards, a knowledge sharing effort began under the auspices of the UN Global Adaptation Network. Sinking fortunes.