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Timberland invests in regenerative leather ranches

GreenBiz

Timberland invests in regenerative leather ranches. Regenerative agriculture practices have received a lot of attention in recent years, and much of the focus has been on food production. This fall, Timberland plans to introduce a collection of boots using regenerative leather sourced from Thousand Hills Lifetime Grazed ranches.

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Biomimicry Institute Invites Startups To Apply for 2025 Ray of Hope Accelerator

3BL Media

March 3, 2025 /3BL/ - The Biomimicry Institute , a not-for-profit organization co-founded by Janine Benyus in 2005 to empower nature-inspired solutions for a healthy planet, is now accepting applications for the 2025 Ray of Hope Accelerator. MISSOULA, Mont., This founder-focused program supports startups drawing inspiration from natures 3.8

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

Corporate Knights

By 2005, he had adopted certified organic protocols, which lean heavily on the use of manure as fertilizer instead of synthetic nitrogen, but a question lingered in his mind: was it possible to grow fruits, vegetables and herbs productively without animal inputs like manure? Yet replacing intensive feedlot beef production in the U.S.

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Biomimicry Institute Unveils New Report Highlighting Ray of Hope Accelerator Success

3BL Media

January 15, 2025 /3BL/ - The Biomimicry Institute , a not-for-profit organization co-founded by Janine Benyus in 2005 to empower nature-inspired solutions for a healthy planet, today shared the Ray of Hope Accelerator Impact Report , showcasing the remarkable achievements of the program over the past five years. Innovation Program Director.

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

GreenBiz

Danone, founded more than a century ago and famously declared an asset of national importance by the French government in 2005, has long prided itself on being a purpose-led business. It's hard to do that when you have huge [price] volatility.".

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Seeding a low-carbon farming wave

Corporate Knights

million cows in 2005) have partly offset rising nitrogen use, leaving Canadian agriculture emissions largely stalled. . Many farmers are keen to learn more and implement regenerative, low-carbon farming methods as stewards of their land and soil. Cattle remain the largest source of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Biomimicry Institute Unveils 10-Year Strategy

3BL Media

September 25, 2024 /3BL/ - The Biomimicry Institute, a nonprofit organization committed to advancing a Nature Positive, inclusive, and regenerative world inspired and guided by nature’s genius, today announced the launch of its ambitious 10-year strategy at New York Climate Week.