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Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture

GreenBiz

Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture. But digging into innovations being advanced by that organization — AGCO, based in Duluth, Georgia — reveals much about the potential future of technology for cultivating regenerative and precision agriculture. Heather Clancy. Thu, 12/17/2020 - 01:30. percent through 2025.

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Why agtech is critical for regenerative agriculture

GreenBiz

Why agtech is critical for regenerative agriculture. million toward helping Nebraska farmers cultivate regenerative agriculture practices over the next five years. As the focus on regenerative ag scales, data will be central. Heather Clancy. Thu, 09/17/2020 - 01:30. They've never connected some of this data before," Pierce said.

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Hormel Foods Announces New Regenerative Agriculture Initiatives

3BL Media

Hormel Foods recently became a major sponsor of an up to 50,000-acre regenerative-agriculture pilot project to be located throughout central and southeast Minnesota. Hormel Foods recently became a major sponsor of an up to 50,000-acre regenerative-agriculture pilot project to be located throughout central and southeast Minnesota.

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Five ways family offices can unlock capital for regenerative agriculture

Impact Alpha

The investment momentum into regenerative agriculture is undeniable. In 2018, there was $49 million of investment capital going to companies in the space. The post Five ways family offices can unlock capital for regenerative agriculture appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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The growing movement to take the bull s**t out of organic farming

Corporate Knights

The true regenerative agriculture We’ve turned our planet into an animal farm. If we include the lost-land opportunity to draw down carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into rewilded pastureland, that estimate jumps to 28% according to the largest meta-analysis on food and the environment, published in Science in 2018. Globally, 3.8

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The Brief: Mainstreaming impact investing in Japan, regenerative animal farming, converting light into energy, chief Opportunity Zone officers

Impact Alpha

Sustainable investing assets under management quadrupled from 2016 to 2018 to 18% of managed assets. The The post The Brief: Mainstreaming impact investing in Japan, regenerative animal farming, converting light into energy, chief Opportunity Zone officers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Why we need to wean agriculture off fossil fuels 

Corporate Knights

In 2018, the petrochemicals market accounted for 14% of oil production and 8% of natural gas production, and food-related fertilizers and plastics accounted for around 40% of these products, the alliance’s analysis says.