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

GreenBiz

If a farmer wants to transition a farm from conventional practices to organic or regenerative ones, costs are associated with that transition. These factors are different for organic and regenerative farmers, so the numbers often don’t work, resulting in loans being denied or unaffordable.

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Vanguard Renewables Announces That the Sugarman of Vermont Joins the New England Chapter of the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance

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In 2012, Kerry Sedutto, Tony's daughter, assumed the role of CEO, ensuring the continuation of The Sugarman's commitment to quality while expanding their product range and distribution channels. Vanguard Renewables is a portfolio company of BlackRock Real Assets.

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Strategy firm BCG pledges net-zero impact, eyes ‘carbon positive’ future

GreenBiz

One example of an organization with which BCG already works is Indigo Ag, the company behind the Terraton Initiative, an effort to draw down 1 trillion tons of atmospheric CO2 through regenerative agriculture and soil wellness initiatives. And it has a large sustainability practice, focused on helping other businesses reduce their own impact.

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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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Farm Animal Welfare Takes Centre Stage

Chris Hall

Originally created in 2012, the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) is an investor-supported framework assessing food sector companies on related policy commitments, governance and management, and targets. “But In addition, 73% of assessed companies with eggs in their supply chains now have cage-free egg commitments.

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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. “It

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From Farm to Shelf: Mondel?z International Targets Net Zero Across the Value Chain By 2050

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Launched in 2012, the program aims to address issues such as climate change, gender inequality, poverty and child labor in the cocoa industry , which is mostly located along the equator in West Africa. “We We need to mainstream regenerative agriculture.”. We need business to step up and work together. Images courtesy of Mondel?z

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