The regenagri podcast is a platform for leading industry experts to explore the future of farming and the hot topics surrounding the global movement of regenerative agriculture.
In episode 35, Rose Riley is in conversation with Ana Nicod, head of climate change strategy at global commodity merchant, ECOM Agroindustrial, and
Boris Spassky, co-founder of GreenPods, France’s largest regenerative almond farm project.
Together, they discuss how the leading merchant, ECOM
Agroindustrial, is working with its coffee, cocoa and cotton supply chains to substantiate regenerative agriculture claims and how the GreenPods farm project is working to regenerate the almond supply chain from the ground up.
From carbon accounting and credible verification to building climate resilience and restoring farm biodiversity, this is an episode not to be missed.
To learn more about ECOM Agroindustrial and GreenPods, visit the links below.
ECOM Agroindustrial
Website https://www.ecomtrading.com/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecom-trading/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ECOMAgroindustrial
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ecom.trading/
X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/ecom_trading
GreenPods
Website https://en.greenpods.ag/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/greenpods/
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Building regenerative supply chain resilience
The regenagri podcast is a platform for leading industry experts to explore the future of farming and the hot topics surrounding the global movement of regenerative agriculture.
In this insightful episode, Rose Riley is in conversation with Charlie Angelakos, vice-president of global external affairs and sustainability at McCain Foods, and Cannon Michael, president and CEO at Bowles Farming Company in California.
Together they delve into how building resilience in farming operations with regenerative practices is essential to ensure the sustainability and longevity of global food and textile systems, while striving to restore the environment and reverse climate change.
Charlie and Cannon share their strategies and experiences as their businesses transcend along regenerative journeys, such as managing hugely diverse crop rotations, learning to adapt practices while working in different climates around the world, implementing trial and error and mitigating risk.
They also discuss the importance of considering the human and community aspects of the regenerative approach, along with how crucial it is to have data integrity and claim credibility as the regenerative agriculture movement continues to evolve at pace.
To learn more about McCain Foods and Bowles Farming Company, visit the links below.
McCain Foods
Website https://www.mccain.com/
Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-hot-potato-podcast/id1707659701
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/mccainfoods/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mccainglobal
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mccainglobal/
X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/mccainglobal
Bowles Farming Company
Website https://bfarm.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BowlesFarming/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bowlesfarming/
X (formerly Twitter)
https://twitter.com/bowlesfarming
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Role of data and digital technology in regenerative agriculture
The regenagri podcast is a platform for leading industry experts to explore the future of farming and the hot topics surrounding the global movement of regenerative agriculture.
In this episode, Rose Riley speaks to Rebecca Geraghty, chief commercial officer at UK-based agri-food data marketplace, Agrimetrics, and Michele Bandecchi, CEO and founder of soil intelligence business, Smart Cloud Farming, about the role of data and digital technology in the transition to regenerative agriculture.
Rebecca and Michele discuss how sector innovations are helping farmers optimise sustainable farm management, while driving businesses in the supply chain to meet their environmental targets.
Agrimetrics aims to accelerate new innovations in agri-food and environmental sectors by hosting and governing data – including the regenagri platform. Simply put, Rebecca says: “Having better data helps make better decisions.”
Smart Cloud Farming aims to bring agronomy and AI together, to align soil intelligence and sustainable farming. Michele says: “You cannot improve what you cannot measure.”
Both Rebecca and Michele believe data and technology serves as a communications tool but the challenge lies in the way it is collated and presented to key stakeholders – interoperability of data is key.
To learn more about Agrimetrics and Smart Cloud Farming, visit the links below.
Agrimetrics
Website https://www.agrimetrics.co.uk/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/agrimetrics/
X (formerly Twitter) https://twitter.com/Agrimetrics
Smart Cloud Farming
Website https://www.smartcloudfarming.com/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartcloudfarming/
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Holistic approach to regenerative coffee production
The regenagri podcast is a platform for leading industry experts to explore the future of farming and the hot topics surrounding the global movement of regenerative agriculture.
In this episode, Rose Riley speaks to David Brussa, director of total quality and sustainability at illycaffè, which has just become the first coffee brand to achieve regenagri certification.
David shares illycaffè’s heritage, which instills quality and sustainability hand-in-hand, and the company’s regenerative agriculture mission.
Working closely with Brazilian coffee growers and the Federation of Cerrado Mineiro producers for 30 years, illycaffè has brought its supply chain together to produce the newly regenagri certified Arabica Selection Brazil Cerrado Mineiro coffee.
David explains how a holistic approach, farming with nature and reducing inputs, has helped coffee growers of Cerrado Mineiro increase yields and reduce pests, as well as improve the health of the community while working the land.
He also adds that regenerative agriculture is a journey of learning and to improve you must continuously test and trial practices and measure results.
To learn more about illycaffè and follow its biodiversity mission, visit the links below.
illycaffè
Website https://www.illy.com/
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/illycaffe/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/illyuk/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/illy_coffee/
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Using pollinator data to inform regenerative practices and improve biodiversity
The regenagri podcast is a platform for leading industry experts to explore the future of farming and the hot topics surrounding the global movement of regenerative agriculture.
In this episode, Rose Riley speaks to Michaël van Cutsem, co-founder of Beeodiversity, about using pollinator data to inform regenerative practices, improve biodiversity and reduce environmental impact.
Michaël explains that we all benefit from biodiversity and bee pollination is fundamental to create and restore ecosystems. However, bees are in severe decline globally, at a rate of 30% per year, from a lack of biodiversity, risk of disease and an increase in pollutants.
Being natural drones, bees can tell us a lot about local environments. Using pioneering techniques and data analysis, pollen collected from strategically placed beehives provides a wealth of information about plant species diversity and pollutants in a targeted area.
Michaël shares how this data has been used to encourage regenerative farming practices and changes in corporate operations that benefit the environment, as well as human health, while also addressing the issue of bee decline.
To learn more about our Beeodiversity and to follow their biodiversity mission, visit the links below.
Website https://beeodiversity.com/en/
LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/beeodiversity/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BeeOdiversity/
YouTube @beeodiversity2982
Featuring experts in the agricultural industry, the regenagri podcast explores the ways that global farming is steering towards more regenerative agriculture approaches and how the movement is evolving at pace. Tune in regularly to hear about all things regenerative and stay at the forefront of the global movement.
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