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General Mills, Danone pilots provide proof for regenerative agriculture success

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General Mills, Danone pilots provide proof for regenerative agriculture success. A few years into Danone’s and General Mills’ regenerative agriculture pilots, one thing has become clear: It’s about data collection. Danone recently completed a three-year pilot program for regenerative agriculture on 82,000 acres of farmland.

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Electric tractors, agribots and regenerative agriculture

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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.

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Nestlé digs deeper into regenerative ag, puts $3.6B behind net-zero plan

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Nestlé digs deeper into regenerative ag, puts $3.6B Almost one-third of the money that Nestlé intends to invest will be dedicated to cultivating regenerative agricultural practices that improve soil health and reduce dependence on synthetic fertilizer across 500,000-plus farms from which Nestlé sources ingredients. Heather Clancy.

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VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag

GreenBiz

VF Corp leans in to the circular economy and regenerative ag. For example, back in May, Timberland announced that it planned to introduce a collection of boots using regenerative leather sourced from Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed ranches, which have 600,000 acres that have been transitioned to regenerative practices.

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Feds, provinces reach agreement to boost funding for regenerative agriculture

Corporate Knights

This has meant using rotational grazing for her cattle and employing other regenerative practices. . Crop and livestock farming contributed 10% of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. . The post Feds, provinces reach agreement to boost funding for regenerative agriculture appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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3 big trends headlining a tumultuous year in food

GreenBiz

That money — close to double the 2019 total — is making the industry increasingly visible. The rush for regenerative ag . Another disruptive company, Farmers Business Network, launched a service designed to help farmers earn a premium from regeneratively farmed grain. Regenerative Agriculture. The trend: By Dec.

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The infrastructure we're not talking about

GreenBiz

You’re looking at the aftermath of 2019 floods that left millions of acres of U.S. That’s why advocates for regenerative ag talk about soil as infrastructure. The aftermath of 2019 floods that left millions of acres of U.S. farmland underwater. His neighbor used conventional tillage on the submerged land to the right.