What we learned feeding oats to cattle
Depending on where you are, agriculture today is based mainly on simplified rotations such as the corn/soybean system in the Midwest. Planting cover crops is a great first step, but…
The Mushrooming Scope of Sustainability Strategy
The stakes are rising because systemic risks have huge financial consequences by Hal Hamilton I’ll use ocean fisheries as a quick example of the scope of sustainability strategy.…
Australia Cool Soil Initiative Grows to 1.5 million Acres
Check out this video featuring Kellogg’s work on Cool Soil Initiative in Australia. The Cool Soil Initiative was launched in 2017 under the leadership of Mars Petcare and in 2020,…
Trailblazers in Soil Health: No-till on the Plains
Photo shows Steve Swaffar, Executive Director of No-till on the Plains (left) with Jim Johnson, Agronomist at Noble Research Institute (right) examining soil. Steve is an active SHLL member, passionate…
System leadership is not just desirable; it’s necessary to deliver impact
By Hal Hamilton The Sustainable Food Lab has two objectives: 1) deliver impacts in the ways that supply chains affect people and nature, and 2) increase the capabilities of “system…
Turning the Ship Towards Soil Health Adoption: A Leadership Spotlight
A key piece of shifting complex farming systems are leaders that can build broad support among coworkers, colleagues, farmers, business leaders, consumers and institutions with decision making power. Through our…
System Leadership in Action: An Interview with Andre Eitner
Andre Eitner has been part of the Food Lab family for over decade, including as a participant in our Impact Lab and learning journeys. We decided to (virtually) sit down…
How to achieve GHG goals and millions of acres in regenerative agriculture? Report from the field and next steps: a “Scale Lab”
Hal Hamilton and Elizabeth Reaves In late 2020, one of our colleagues, who is responsible for the greenhouse gas commitments of a large food company, asked us to help quantify…
Soil Health Leadership Lab Continues to Grow
The Food Lab, together with over 25 soil health specialists from across the U.S. (IA, ID, IL, IN, NE, KS, SD, ND, MN, MI, OH, VT, VA, PA) is launching…
