By Elizabeth Reaves & Hal Hamilton Large-scale commodity agriculture functions the way it does for understandable reasons. But that hardly means it needs to remain stuck in the status quo. A shift to a more regenerative system is both necessary and achievable. This blog draws from a report and publicly available tools developed as…
Details***PLEASE NOTE, WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS AT THIS TIME*** It’s not often we hire at the Food Lab. We are a small, highly effective team that values collegiality, curiosity, and humility. We get to be inside and contribute to the most creative and innovative public-private partnerships working to support farmers and their end…
DetailsBy Elizabeth Reaves and Hal Hamilton Regenerative agriculture – a term covering a broad range of sustainable farming practices, many of them as old as agriculture itself – is a topic of increasing interest for farmers and ag companies. How can businesses best contribute to the growth and flourishing of regenerative agriculture? What are…
Details***PLEASE NOTE, WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS AT THIS TIME*** SFL is thrilled to post an opening for a 1-year contract to provide direct support to PepsiCo. This position will be base in the US. The person in this job will be responsible for working closely with existing programs and partnerships on the ground…
DetailsBy Elizabeth Reaves & Hal Hamilton Within a food and beverage company, climate risk affects each function in different ways – and each of these functions can help farmers mitigate and adapt to that risk. This blog draws from a report and a publicly available slide deck on climate risk developed as part of…
DetailsCulminating in this report and accompanying resources, the Food Lab and Midwest Row Crop Collaborative led a group of ten companies and The Nature Conservancy to develop an exciting and practical road map for growing regenerative ag across the landscape. Click here to download the report.
DetailsBuilding on many years of work on sustainability in the coffee sector, a recent commitment from the International Coffee Council (ICC) and its secretariat the International Coffee Organization (ICO) has brought private and public stakeholders together to transform the livelihoods and landscape of coffee. The Food Lab is helping support efforts with a focus on…
DetailsDepending 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 to reach ambitious goals for GHG emissions reduction and regenerative / soil building acres, farming systems and livestock feed need to include more diverse crops.…
DetailsThe 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. Imagine that you and I each own fishing boats. Over the past few decades, we have evolved a system to regulate one another, and our…
DetailsCheck 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, expanded to include major food manufacturers in Australia including Kelloggs, Manildra Group, Allied Pinnacle, as well as the Food Agility CRC and leading researchers at…
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