5 things you need to know about measuring sustainability
For the last four years, The SFT has been working on the Global Farm Metric (GFM) – a harmonised measure of sustainability that has the...
Agrivoltaics: Solar farming our way out of a climate crisis
Progress: To meet President Joe Biden’s green energy plan to move the US to carbon-free electricity by 2035, solar photovoltaic (PV) technology will likely consume...
Soil wealth: Regenerative farmland as an asset class
Progress: In times of uncertainty, including economic recessions or the COVID-19 epidemic, investors are often left searching for “safe” tangible assets, such as gold and...
Seeing is Believing: Regenerative Agriculture Scores a Boost from Danone North America
Regenerative agriculture is beginning to gain a stronger foothold in the mainstream market, and the Danone North America family of dairy brands is setting out...
Feeding Seaweed Supplements to Cows Cuts Methane Emissions by 80%
When a United Kingdom supermarket chain recently pledged that 100% of the British farms that supply it would be net-zero by 2030, it wasn't surprising...
How Dirt Could Help Save the Planet
The American dust bowl of the 1930s demonstrated the ruinous consequences of soil degradation. Decades of farming practices had stripped the Great Plains of their...
Cutting Out Beef Could Cut Agricultural Land Use In Half
Treehugger has been writing about the problems of meat forever, we have been pitching vegetarian and vegan diets for years as a way of reducing...
Will regenerative agriculture change how we grocery shop?
Look for the word "regenerative" at your local grocery store. Chances are, you'll spot it on boxes of mac and cheese, cartons of milks, or...