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…
Lessons from Private Sector Engagement in the USAID Learning Community for Supply Chain Resilience
In 2016 the Food Lab joined an USAID Feed the Future program focusing on private sector engagement in climate-smart agriculture. The program became three linked initiatives (shown below), and to…
Food Lab member Ben & Jerry’s rolls out innovative program for living income and climate resilience
In a case study produced for the USAID Feed the Future Learning Community for Supply Chain Resilience, the Food Lab features member Ben & Jerry’s and their effort to increase cocoa…
Climate Collaborative Builds a Rooted Community Around Carbon Farming
From the creation of the Cool Farm Tool to our work in climate-smart agriculture, much of the Food Lab’s focus has been on building resilience, reducing agricultural GHG emissions, improving…
Evolution of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Nile Breweries Limited Smallholder Sourcing Program
Nile Breweries Limited (NBL), Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Ugandan subsidiary, launched its sorghum-based Eagle Lager in 2002. The sorghum-based beer is crafted from local grains predominantly grown by smallholder Ugandan farmers. The…
Climate Smart Coffee Website Launched
The USAID Feed the Future Learning Community for Supply Chain Resilience is happy to share the launch of a new website aimed to provide coffee companies with the resources they…
Olam and IITA Join Forces to Help Ugandan Coffee Farmers Build Long-Term Climate Resilience
Looking to ensure that coffee farmers continue to invest in coffee in ways that enable them to grow production and quality in the face of climate change, Olam, a global…
Food Lab Member AB InBev tackles Climate-Smart Awareness in Uganda’s Grain Sector
The Sustainable Food Lab has worked with the beverage company AB InBev and its Uganda subsidiary Nile Breweries to explore ways to increase the resilience of small-scale grain farmers to…
Open Source Soil Health Communications Toolkit
In honor of World Soil Day, the Food Lab has created a soil health communications toolkit to help our partners talk to the business relevance of soil health. The toolkit…
Webinar Series: How to Climate Proof Your Coffee Supply Chain
Like many agricultural crops, coffee is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. How to Climate Proof Your Coffee Supply Chain is an eight part webinar series geared towards coffee suppliers, investors…
