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Feds, provinces reach agreement to boost funding for regenerative agriculture

Corporate Knights

Since Sarah Bakker started Field Sparrow Farms with her husband in 2011, she has looked to run her 100-acre farm in an environmentally sustainable way. This has meant using rotational grazing for her cattle and employing other regenerative practices. . We’re at a tipping point. We need to take action,” she says. .

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AIP Invests $500 Million in U.S. Clean Energy Producer Silicon Ranch

ESG Today

Founded in 2011, Nashville, Tennessee-based Silicon Ranch is one of the largest independent power producers (IPP) in the U.S., Denmark-based energy and decarbonization infrastructure investor AIP Management announced a $500 million investment in U.S.-based based renewable energy, carbon, and battery storage solutions provider Silicon Ranch.

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

GreenBiz

One example of an organization with which BCG already works is Indigo Ag, the company behind the Terraton Initiative, an effort to draw down 1 trillion tons of atmospheric CO2 through regenerative agriculture and soil wellness initiatives. It has reduced its direct emissions by 70 percent since 2011, with a pledge to reach 90 percent by 2040.

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Silicon Ranch Selects Black & Veatch to Build 125-Megawatt Solar Farm in Georgia

3BL Media

DeSoto I will integrate Silicon Ranch’s trademark Regenerative Energy ® land-management model, which co-locates solar energy production with regenerative agriculture practices. KEYWORDS: Black & Veatch, Silicon Ranch, Regenerative Energy® land-management, DeSoto I project. Our revenues in 2020 exceeded US$3.0 and Canada.

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Mondel?z 2022 Snacking Made Right Report: More Sustainable Ingredients

3BL Media

Our goal for our European business is to have 100% of the wheat volume needed for our biscuit production grown under the strengthened Harmony Regenerative charter by 2030 1 while we continue to learn from our North American wheat sustainability programs. These practices will help reduce GHG emissions from Harmony wheat fields.

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Closing the Loop: Rethinking Operations, the Economy To Save the Planet

3BL Media

Redirecting food out of the “cowboy” economy (landfills or incinerators) and into the “spaceman” economy transforms food waste from a terrible GHG generator to a decarbonization and regenerative-agriculture weapon. For over 100 years, Cabot Creamery has been working to sustain local dairy farms and help build strong communities.

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We Must Protect and Support Our Local Dairy Farms

3BL Media

According to the USDA ’s 2011 census , the United States was home to just over 51,000 dairy farms; in 2021 , there were less than 30,000 operating across the nation. Cabot is another first mover in the regenerative-agriculture and climate-solutions movement.