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Thanks Fastmarkets Agriculture for the excellent event in Rotterdam. Sharing insights between US and EU markets in the context of securing sustainability evidence and premiums was sorely needed. Greatful to share our view on how EU and EPA requirements for point of origin traceability can be satisfied through digital record keeping. I have a feeling my next Bioledger demos will be in USA and China. We don’t have all the answers yet but we’ll get there. Dankjewel

Last week, my amazing colleagues Judith Rowland, Jane Gimber and Meropi Klogka shared some thought-provoking insights on the communication opportunities in the spaces where food, agriculture and sustainability intersect. If you missed the session and want either the link to the recording OR links to some of the tools the team shared, drop me a DM and I'll send your way. It's an exciting and evolving space for all of us in food and agriculture!

How are food companies, research institutes, cooperatives and agricultural extension services working with farmers to help them understand and implement climate smart practices? Emmy Koeleman, Freelance Editor, Animal Nutrition & AgTech will moderate the Day 2 Opening Plenary 'Reducing Climate Impact: Giving Farmers the Tools and Knowledge Needed' next Wednesday at 9.05am CEST. She will be joined by: - Tara McCarthy, Global VP of ESG, Alltech, Ireland - Emer Fardy, Head of Sustainability & Human Rights, Hilton Foods, Ireland - Nicole Timmerman, Business Developer Circular Agrifood, Duynie Group, Netherlands Book now to join them in Amsterdam: https://lnkd.in/efJhSXVg

Seeds of change: unlocking Hamburg's regenerative food future. Unlocking Hamburg’s regenerative food future is a transformative journey that involves not only conserving resources but actively building them. This journey is one where we at the Sustainable Urban Delta Foundation are honored to play a role, collaborating with all the people and organizations interviewed in this video. We visited two initiatives for regenerative farming in Hamburg, Gut Haidehof and The Future Food Campus Hamburg. Thanks to Florian Weischer, Eva Keretic, Torsten Gasser and Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg. #foodsystems #regenerativeagriculture #foodproducingcities #foodfuture #localfood #hamburg

It's the how, not the cow. The idea that cows are inherently bad for the climate is a persistent belief, and for cows that are not managed in a holistic grazing system, this is definitely true. However, animals, including cows, are an integral part of any natural ecosystem, and cows have a perfect symbiosis with grassland. Grasslands, when properly managed, can act as significant carbon sinks. The process involves grasses growing rapidly and absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. When cows graze on these grasses, they trim them down, which stimulates further growth and leads to more carbon absorption, same goes for their poo which fertilizes the soil. Additionally, the movement of the cattle encourages a diversity of plant species and soil aeration, enhancing the soil’s ability to store carbon. I have been speaking about this since I myself converted from vegetarian to a farmterian back in 2020. I have been missing the perfect visual to showcase this, though. Until I met Pierre Girard last week. We had the pleasure of sharing the stage at ChangeNOW together and he told me that he made a documentary about regenerative agriculture for ARTE, called Roots. I watched it over the Easter holidays and it is amazing. It explains the basics of regenerative agriculture in 5 short episodes. The scene below is taken from the third episode, which deals with the myth that cows are inherently bad for the climate. I will leave you a link in the comments and can highly recommend to watch it. The clip is in German, but on the ARTE website you can find Roots also in English, Spanish and many other languages. Just to be clear, feedlots should be abolished asap and we all have to eat less meat since we can not keep up current meat consumption with holistically grazing cows. But we have to be able to differentiate between meat from feedlots and meat from cows which are actually regenerating their local and our global ecosystem. #regenerativeagriculture #climatecows #itsthehownotthecow

It's the how, not the cow. The idea that cows are inherently bad for the climate is a persistent belief, and for cows that are not managed in a holistic grazing system, this is definitely true. However, animals, including cows, are an integral part of any natural ecosystem, and cows have a perfect symbiosis with grassland. Grasslands, when properly managed, can act as significant carbon sinks. The process involves grasses growing rapidly and absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. When cows graze on these grasses, they trim them down, which stimulates further growth and leads to more carbon absorption, same goes for their poo which fertilizes the soil. Additionally, the movement of the cattle encourages a diversity of plant species and soil aeration, enhancing the soil’s ability to store carbon. I have been speaking about this since I myself converted from vegetarian to a farmterian back in 2020. I have been missing the perfect visual to showcase this, though. Until I met Pierre Girard last week. We had the pleasure of sharing the stage at ChangeNOW together and he told me that he made a documentary about regenerative agriculture for ARTE, called Roots. I watched it over the Easter holidays and it is amazing. It explains the basics of regenerative agriculture in 5 short episodes. The scene below is taken from the third episode, which deals with the myth that cows are inherently bad for the climate. I will leave you a link in the comments and can highly recommend to watch it. The clip is in German, but on the ARTE website you can find Roots also in English, Spanish and many other languages. Just to be clear, feedlots should be abolished asap and we all have to eat less meat since we can not keep up current meat consumption with holistically grazing cows. But we have to be able to differentiate between meat from feedlots and meat from cows which are actually regenerating their local and our global ecosystem. #regenerativeagriculture #climatecows #itsthehownotthecow