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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. percent through 2025. 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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3 big trends headlining a tumultuous year in food

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dairy brand that committed to going carbon-negative by 2025 ? 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. But do regenerative methods sequester as much carbon as advocates claim?

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Tapestry, Inc. and Coach Support Regenerative Agriculture Movement Through Partnership With Savory Institute

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Coach to Incorporate Land to Market-Verified Regenerative Raw Materials Into Future Product. By utilizing regenerative raw materials that have a net positive impact on the environment, improve biodiversity, and result in a reduction of CO 2 emissions, Tapestry and Coach will be able to further reduce its impact on climate change.

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Deckers Brands and UGG Partner With the Savory Institute and Land to Market on Regenerative Farming

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UGG, through its grant, has converted over 200,000 acres of land across 40 farms, with a goal of 1 million acres by 2025. The grant helps to fund holistic solutions and world-class implementation to promote soil health and biodiversity, with a goal of transitioning the Australian sheepskin industry to regenerative.

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

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Business strategy organization Boston Consulting Group will use remote workplace lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce per-employee travel by at least 30 percent by 2025, one key element of the $8.5 It committed to delivering up to $1 billion in pro bono consulting work for social impact projects between 2015 and 2025. (So

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The broken system that sends most food waste and organic matter to landfills

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Structural change will require government action such as California’s SB 1383 , which commits the state to reducing organic waste by 75 percent by 2025. Companies involved in the farming end of the food business should incorporate targets for compost use into their regenerative agriculture commitments, Goldstein suggested.

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