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March 2020
Sustainable Vanilla Initiative General Assembly
The 2020 Sustainability Vanilla Initiative (SVI) General Assembly is an opportunity for SVI members to review progress and challenges around sustainability in the natural vanilla market and plan strategy for the upcoming year. Contact [email protected] for more information. Due to limited facilities space, this event will be by invitation only. A summary of key points will be available after the assembly meets. Update 3.5.20: The event will now be held as an online conference.
Find out more »April 2020
Cool Farm Alliance Annual Meeting
As a co-creator of the Cool Farm Tool, the Food Lab welcomes partners to the Cool Farm Alliance Annual Meeting. The annual meeting is an opportunity to learn about the latest developments of the Cool Farm Tool, hear member case studies of using it in their supply chains and attendees will be able to contribute their views on future developments. For more information visit CFA's website. Please note this event is by invitation only, due to limited space. Update…
Find out more »Living Income Workshop
The Living Income Community of Practice Workshop will take place as a virtual meeting on April 7. Aimed at facilitating conversation and driving for greater action and impact for farmer livelihoods, the workshop is open to all entities committed to learning on the topic and improving their own efforts towards delivering a decent standard of living. Participants will discuss issues around measurement, strategies to close the income gap and aligning private and public efforts to achieve greater impact. To learn more about the…
Find out more »Outcomes of A Living Income for Cocoa Farmers
On 22 April, 2020, SDSN Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems hosted the webinar A Living Income for Cocoa Farmers. The webinar was part of SDSN’s 24-hour webinar celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day by exploring the SDGs through the lens of well-being and happiness. Our own Stephanie Daniel's talked about Living Income, its importance and how Living Income Community of Practice is moving the ball forward. To read a recap and listen to the webinar view this webpage.
Find out more »GCP Field Day Webinar
Join our own Stephanie Daniels for a GCP Webinar. In collaboration with the Brazil Country Platform, partners InPACTO and Cecafé we'll be talking about pre-competitive joint action between companies and organizations, and how they can make a significant difference to the social well-being of workers and the positive effects this could have on coffee production in Brazil. Guest speakers include: - Mércia Silva - InPACTO - Michelle Bhattacharyya - On-Up - Stephanie Daniels - Sustainable Food Lab This interactive webinar will…
Find out more »Driving More Sustainable Agricultural Practices at Scale: Harnessing the Market Power of the World’s Largest Food Companies
Our very own Elizabeth Reaves will be presenting as part of a webinar series hosted by Yale's Center for Business and the Environment. The webinar: Driving More Sustainable Agricultural Practices at Scale: Harnessing the Market Power of the World's Largest Food Companies, will focus on the Food Lab's work with multinational food & beverage companies and the small actions needed from powerful companies that can achieve impacts at massive scale. Registration for the webinar is available here and more information about the webinar can…
Find out more »May 2020
Tackling Food Loss: resources for understanding on-farm loss in agricultural supply chains
The Food Lab is happy promote WBCSD's upcoming webinar focusing on food loss & waste (FLW) and featuring our own Daniella Malin and Emily Shipman. One third of food produced is never consumed: this represents 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and a quarter of the water used in agriculture, as well as crop-land the size of China. On-farm losses account for more than 520 million tonnes of all FLW worldwide, equivalent to nearly 8 percent of all food…
Find out more »Social Labs and Collaborative Approaches to Systems Change
The complex challenges of today – such as inequality, environmental changes, financial instability, etc. – can’t be tackled by any one organization, but require the collaborative effort of many. What is needed are open spaces that bring the relevant participants together, provide them with the tools and methodology to guide them through an experimental process for them to understand the issues they face and start to collaboratively build new solutions. In this live discussion hosted by Social Innovation, our own…
Find out more »Living Income and Standards Systems: main challenges and cross-sectoral learning
This is the 3rd webinar in a 3-part series hosted by the Living Income Community of Practice, aimed to empower standard systems to play a role in advancing living incomes. During this webinar we'll explore challenges and discuss issues such as how to integrate living income indicators in M&E. To register for the upcoming webinar please follow this link. The previous webinars can be found here.
Find out more »Virtual Living Income Workshop #2
As co-facilitators of the Living Income Community of Workshop, the Food Lab is happy to invite partners to the 2nd Virtual Living Income Workshop. Originally planned in April as a 2-day in-person event, the Workshop is now open to all participants who are interested in learning more about Living Income. This workshop provides opportunities for learning about the concept of living income and the design and implementation of income improvement programs through experiences from sectors such as rubber and palm…
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