Tag: regenerative agriculture

USDA is now accepting project proposals for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). Up to $310 million will be invested to expand producer conservation activities across the nation. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S....
Blake Alexandre violated federal organic law and lost his Regenerative Organic certification. Weeks later, he became the poster child for regenerative agriculture.   THE LOWDOWN Were HHS and USDA leadership hoodwinked by organic farming scofflaw? Despite the Alexandre dairy operations...

Nestlé to Produce 1.5 Billion KitKat Bars with Regeneratively Farmed Wheat

Global food and beverage company Nestlé announced the launch of a new partnership with UK-based regenerative agriculture company Wildfarmed, which will enable the use...

Mars Powers All U.S. Operations With 100% Renewable Electricity

Mars now powers all U.S. operations with 100% renewable electricity, covering factories, offices, veterinary hospitals and diagnostic labs. The company cut Scope 1 and Scope...

What is Regenerative Agriculture?

What is Regenerative Agriculture? Regenerative agriculture is a farming and ranching approach focused on improving soil health, restoring ecosystem function, increasing biodiversity, and strengthening the...

Becoming a farmer is hard. This Michigan program wants to help.

As the U.S. faces an aging farmer population, communities are looking for ways to shore up the next generation of growers. But high upfront...

4 Ecosystem Processes: Nutrient Cycle Part 4

Bringing it Together In the first three parts of this series, we explored what nutrients plants need, where they come from, and how living organisms...

McDonald’s Warns 2030 Supply Chain Target Is Slipping But 2050 Net Zero Goal Remains

McDonald’s has admitted it will likely miss one of its major climate goals, showing how difficult supply chain decarbonization has become for global food...

Are You Mining Your Soil?

Are You Mining Your Soil or Managing Sustainably? By Brian Dougherty, Understanding Ag Consultant In my Fertilizer Fallacy article, I made the case that conventional fertility...

McDonald’s to Miss 2030 Value Chain Decarbonization Goal, Remains Committed to Net Zero by 2050

McDonald’s revealed significant progress in its operational climate and sustainability goals, but acknowledged that it does not expect to achieve its 2030 Scope 3...

Singapore and World Bank Launch New Carbon Markets Programme to Scale High-Integrity Climate Finance

The Singapore government and the World Bank Group have launched a new Singapore Carbon Markets Programme to help countries build stronger, more transparent carbon...

‘We can’t spray our way out’: Controlling herbicide resistance

As herbicide resistance grows and new weeds appear, proactive weed management is increasingly a necessity for farmers. “It’s important to be trying different methods …...

Profitable Farming and Ranching

Profit is not a four letter word!  In fact, if your farm or ranch is not profitable, what can you do for your family,...

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