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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.

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Building Supply Chains Where Smallholder Farmers Thrive

Stanford Social Innovation

The World Bank estimates that there are 500 million smallholder farming households globally, comprising upward of 2 billion people. For many companies, it can be difficult to understand the best way to affect change for farmers in their supply chain. Understandably, not one of Afi’s children sees a future in farming.

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Scope 3 Emissions Management Made Easier for Food and Beverage Companies by Savvy Suppliers

3BL Media

The new Scope 3 opportunity for food and beverage companies The partnership with Indigo Ag grew out of Bunge’s realization that grain processors can drive the pace of food systems decarbonization by leveraging their pivotal role in the supply chain. “We We were getting many different requests, but they all wanted the same outcome.

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Cooking the books: The magical math of ‘climate-friendly’ meat

Corporate Knights

And Tyson isn’t the only one banking on planet-friendly meat to keep consumers coming back to the butcher. Nestlé is paying ranchers for regenerative grazing practices that get sold as carbon credits. Walmart Canada stocks 2.5 million pounds of beef patties certified by the Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.

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How carbon-smart farming is catalyzing the big bucks needed to transform the way America eats

GreenBiz

I’ve come to Stone House Farm from Brooklyn to learn more about how regenerative agriculture — the nature-based approach to farming generating all kinds of buzz around its climate mitigation potential — actually works. Early research also indicates farmers using these techniques can reap long-term financial gains. .

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CooperCompanies' Vision Business Posts Industry-Leading First-Year Results for Plastic Neutral Contact Lens Program

3BL Media

CooperVision’s partnership with Plastic Bank ® , a social enterprise that builds ethical recycling ecosystems in coastal communities and reprocesses the materials for reintroduction into the global supply chain, is the largest plastic neutrality initiative in the contact lens industry. About Plastic Bank.

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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

German sportswear company adidas committed to using only recycled polyester across its supply chain by 2024. And pressing companies to eliminate deforestation in their supply chains has long been an activist focus. The Regenerative Organic Alliance developed a standard to support farmers who promote soil health.

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