Brian Kemper

Throughout December, Forbes highlighted several companies investing in regenerative agriculture adoption across their supply chains. Harmless Harvest has committed to sourcing 50% of its coconuts from Regenerative Organic Certified farmland by 2023. Nestle and Danone have recently committed to measurable goals supporting regenerative agriculture as well. And, thanks to a $1.5 million seed grant, Alter Eco has transitioned 1,000 acres of cocoa farms in their supply chain to agroforestry.

“The major challenge for companies enabling regenerative agriculture is educating consumers about its environmental benefits, since the concept remains a novelty to the general public. ‘It’s a really hard topic to understand,’ Forbes said, ‘so we’re teaching people what regenerative means…’”

Forbes

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According to researchers in the Cornell Chronicle, sequestering soil carbon represents a huge opportunity to help mitigate the effects of climate change naturally. To represent this visually, soil scientists have developed an interactive mapping platform that models how soil organic carbon has changed over 11,000 years.

Soils Revealed is the first interactive, global tool that shows how organic carbon in the soil has changed over time, as well as how much potential different land management strategies have to mitigate climate change.

Professor Johannes Lehmann

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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released “The State of Knowledge of Soil Biodiversity” on December 5, World Soil Day. The report stresses soil’s role as a “global reservoir of biodiversity” and underlines the need to promote research and innovations in soil health management.

We urgently need to recognize that soil biodiversity is indispensable to food security and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Soil biodiversity underpins the productivity and resilience of agriculture, making production systems and livelihoods more resilient to shocks and stresses.

Elizabeth Maruma Mrema,
Executive secretary of the uN conveention on biological biodiversity

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