Regenerative Agriculture

Kellogg’s InGrained™ program aims to help rice farmers reduce climate impact

Cereal giant Kellogg’s has initiated a five-year program to ameliorate the environmental impact of growing rice—a staple feeding 4 billion worldwide. Rice production accounts for an estimated 12% of total global methane emissions. The greenhouse gas (GHG) methane is 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Kellogg’s InGrained initiative will utilize $12 million to train farmers in […]

Danone North America’s soil health initiative sees significant progress

Danone North America recently announced the year four results from its comprehensive soil health program, which was launched in 2017. The five-year soil health program aims to improve organic matter in soils to increase carbon sequestration and improve yields, reduce chemical use, restore biodiversity, and enhance soil water holding capacity, helping to provide farms with improved, […]

Soil Regen introduces Regenerative Certification process

Soil Regen is now offering a two-step verification process for food growers, to analyze their soils to determine the impacts of farm management strategies. The Regen Certified test, created by soil scientist Rick Haney and Regen Ag Lab founder Lance Gunderson, is available at Regen Ag Lab. The first step involves soil testing and regenerative certification through […]

Soil Carbon Initiative launches new regenerative farm certification

First-of-its-kind regenerative agriculture seeking 100 farmers to begin go-to-market pilots this spring. The Soil Carbon Initiative (SCI), the first-ever independently verified, outcomes-based regenerative agriculture certification program open to all farms and companies in the food supply chain, announced its newest 2022 pilots focused on farmers. While SCI’s earlier pilots concentrated on the technical aspects of […]

Farmers Business Network and Environmental Defense Fund launch farmer line of credit to incentivize regenerative agriculture

Farmers Business Network (FBN) and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) have initiated the FBN Regenerative Agriculture Finance Fund (RAFF)—a unique U.S. financing program rewarding farmers who meet soil health and nitrogen efficiency standards through access to lower rates and fees. Participants gain agronomic insights to optimize on-farm benefits of regenerative practices. RAFF credit lines will offer a one-year line of credit […]