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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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America is hungrier than ever for sustainable food systems. Can we build them?  

GreenBiz

Stories of small farms pivoting their operations on a dime were easy to find in the early months of the pandemic: these farmers worked overtime to meet customer demand, added services such as online ordering and home delivery, and jumped into action to prop up community food banks struggling to serve an influx of the newly unemployed.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It’s throwing $100 million toward biotech solutions for repurposing waste and improving plastics; regenerative agriculture in deforested zones; and building up markets for biological ingredients. Ulf Mark Schneider, CEO since 2017, likes to boost markets in areas he’d like to accelerate. LinkedIn | Company profile. "The billion U.S.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

But look for future updates and essays on this topic, such as the one digitally penned recently by Jarami Bond (named in 2017). And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. Devin Carsdale (formerly Kleinfield-Hayes) (2017). Catherine Queen (2017).

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The Fierce Urgency of Now: The Path to Circularity Being the Norm

3BL Media

This idea is at the heart of Henkel's sustainability strategy and why in 2017 we became the first major global consumer goods company to work with Plastic Bank,” said Jillaine Dellis, Vice President - Sustainability, Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs Laundry & Home Care, North America. Partnership drives long-term value. “We

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These circular cities want to send landfills to the trash bin of history

Corporate Knights

The World Bank expects that as their populations and economies grow, low-income countries will assert waste dominance, tripling their current levels of production by 2050. On top of that is the climate case: the 4.9 million tonnes of CO2 emissions and 4.9 million tonnes of waste that such measures would spare.

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The Cisco Foundation: Investing in Africa’s Clean Energy Transition

3BL Media

Solar mini grids have been at the forefront of this sustainable transformation, with, according to the World Bank, an increase from about 500 installations in 2010 to more than 3,000 in sub-Saharan Africa today, and with plans for a further 9,000. per day, as defined by the World Bank.