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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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Investing in Value Creation Through Regenerative Agriculture

3BL Media

The food and agriculture industry contributes one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the agricultural supply chain has become increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including changing patterns of drought, precipitation, and extreme heat. A new approach to food production and agriculture is needed.

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Why we need to wean agriculture off fossil fuels 

Corporate Knights

The report estimates that agriculture’s supply chain is responsible for at least 15% of the world’s fossil fuel use and for driving the equivalent annual carbon emissions of the European Union and Russia combined. This is thanks to the ways we produce, transport and store food.

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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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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'

GreenBiz

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. The strained food production system is begging for reform, argued Soubeiran. "It

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Danone Launches Plan to Address Methane Emissions From Dairy Supply Chain

ESG Today

Global food and beverage company Danone announced a new sustainability commitment to tackle a major source of its greenhouse gas footprint, with an action plan to achieve a 30% absolute reduction in methane emissions from its fresh milk supply chain by 2030. This step change requires a collective effort.