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Pre-Competitive Collaborations

A one year system analysis for food companies to understand how to scale Regenerative, Climate-Smart Agriculture in the US Midwest.

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Sustainable Vanilla Initiative

An industry membership forum for companies committed to work on sustainable production in the vanilla industry.

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Small Grains in the Corn Belt

Making diverse rotations work.

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Living Income

Supporting activities focused on improving smallholder incomes.

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Cool Farm Alliance

An industry platform for sustainable agriculture, metric development and use.

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Food Loss & Waste

Identify and implement high leverage solutions to food loss and waste in smallholder farm supply chains.

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Climate Smart Agriculture

A journey toward climate proofing agriculture.

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Professional Development

Impact Lab

Providing a unique learning atmosphere for professionals addressing global agriculture and food system challenges.

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Leadership Summits

Experiential interactive conferences that explore challenges and emerging solutions in the food system.

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Learning Journeys

Opportunities for participants to learn together from a range of large and small farming systems and business leaders.

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Soil Health Leadership Lab

A network of organizations providing key technical and support services for farmers to adopt cover crops and other soil health practices.

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Measurement Tools & Frameworks

Cool Farm Tool

An online greenhouse gas, water, and biodiversity calculator for farmers.

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Smallholder Performance Measurement

A community of practice on performance measurement in smallholder supply chains.

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Measurement Tools & Frameworks

Guatamala Highlands Alliance

Strategies to improve small-scale vegetable production and benefit rural communities in the region of Sololá, Guatemala.

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Business in Landscapes

A learning hub for business in agriculture, forests products, extractives, energy, and others that affect different landscapes.

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Organic Grain Collaboration

A pre-competitive industry effort stewarded by The Organic Trade Association and the Sustainable Food Lab.

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Pre-Competitive Collaborations

Pre-Competitive Collaborations

Professional Development

Professional Development

Measurement Tools & Frameworks

Measurement Tools & Frameworks

Previous Initiatives

Measurement Tools & Frameworks