Cargill has expanded its Europe-based regenerative agriculture program to include farmers in Germany, Poland, Romania and France.
"Companies like Cargill are helping to make it economically feasible for farmers to implement sustainable practices around the world. It is how agriculture and farmers can be part of the climate solution, helping to reduce emissions, improve water quality and use, increase yields and build up the resilience of our soils for the next generation. Our vision is to make regenerative agriculture commonplace across our global supply chain, enabling farmers to produce food more sustainably while increasing their profitability and resiliency," Chantelle Donahue, North America Agriculture Supply Chain Vice President, from Cargill said.
Cargill RegenConnect also confirmed plans to expand its local, US-based presence from 15 to 24 states, adding in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Colorado, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. The company will also implement enrollment from mobile devices and increase payments commodities for farmers.
“In addition to providing technical support and resources to enable farmer success, the program offers an environmental market opportunity for participants, who are then able to connect with some of the world's largest companies actively seeking to reduce their environmental footprint while supporting regenerative agriculture,” a recent press release stated.
Eligible North America-based farmers can now enroll on the Cargill Regenerative Ag Program’s main website through September 15, while EU-based eligible farmers can enroll on Cargill RegenConnect through July 15.
A voluntary, market-based regenerative agriculture program, Cargill RegenConnectTM “helps farmers improve soil health and decarbonize the agriculture supply chain,” the press release continues. “Farmers enrolled in the program can choose the practices that are best suited to their operation's unique growing conditions, which includes planting cover crops and implementing reduced- or no-till farming. These practices help sequester carbon in the ground, build soil resilience and improve water quality.”
"Cargill RegenConnect's success to date demonstrates how making sustainable, regenerative agriculture financially viable for farmers can help nature-positive production practices scale more quickly and become standard. It is one of the many ways we plan to meet our goal to reduce emissions in our supply chain and will impact every area of our business – from sourcing wheat and corn for our starches, and sweeteners to growing rapeseed oil for our salmon feed," she added.