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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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Giving Back: Griffith Foods Partnership With the Bangalore Food Bank

3BL Media

In 2023, we strengthened our commitment to fighting hunger in Bangalore, India, through our partnership with the Bangalore Food Bank. Throughout FY2023, our employees contributed more than 100 hours of volunteer time at eight events with the Bangalore Food Bank.

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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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Organic Valley loans dairy farmers funds for renewable energy

GreenBiz

Last year, Danone announced a partnership with rePlant Capital that would donate up to 40 percent of its $50 million impact fund to Danone’s farming partners, with the goal of supporting the conversion to regenerative or organic farming methods. Organic Valley’s farmers already practice many regenerative practices such as rotational grazing.

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

GreenBiz

As such, the company is working with farmers worldwide to adopt a regenerative approach to farming that encourages healthier soil and ecosystems, better water stewardship and a broader diversity of cultivated seeds and crops. It's hard to do that when you have huge [price] volatility.".

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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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The textile companies creating material change

GreenBiz

Between now and 2030, we need to turn linear, exploitative consumption of natural resources into models that are regenerative, circular and inclusive. Between now and 2030, we need to turn linear, exploitative consumption of natural resources into models that are regenerative, circular and inclusive. Finding their superpower.