Agriculture Fit for our Future – Solutions in Action
Online Event
When:
Wednesday, 28 April 2021 (Members Only), 12:00 – 17:00 BST
Thursday, 29 April 2021 (Open Day), 12:00 – 17:00 BST
One year into the “decade of action”, we invite you to the Cool Farm Alliance Annual Meeting 2021 – a two days event of learning and sharing that focus on individual and collective actions that drive sustainable transformation in value chains. Along with members of the Cool Farm Alliance, share and connect pathways towards a more sustainable, profitable and resilient future.
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Open Day
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The program will showcase examples of carbon mitigation solutions at varying scales from around the world. Hear from:
- Two of the world’s leading experts on soil carbon, Nobel Prize winners and convening lead authors of IPCC guidelines, Pete Smith and Keith Paustian, as they discuss global carbon sequestration potential
- Kellogg and Mars on their extensive soil efforts in Australia
- Coop Coffee, Nespresso and Solidaridad on the connection between carbon quantification and livelihoods
- AM Fresh on how they have used the Cool Farm Tool to support biodiversity efforts
- And much more.
Agenda
Timezone: British Summer Time
Click on a speaker to go to the biography (coming soon). Click on the session titles to go to the session description.
| 12:00 – 12:15 15min |
Andre Eitner Vice-Chair Executive Committee, Cool Farm Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Manager, PepsiCo Richard Profit General Manager, Cool Farm Alliance |
OPENING: Vision and Purpose of the Cool Farm Alliance |
| 12:15 – 13:00 45 min |
Speakers: Jonathan Medway Senior Research Fellow – Spatial Agriculture, Charles Sturt University Dr. Cassandra Schefe Founder, AgriSci Chris Stevens Director Global Agribusiness, Kellogg AustraliaModerator: Elizabeth Reaves Senior Program Director, Sustainable Food Lab |
SCALE: The Cool Soil Initiative – A $2M Wheat Powered Initiative to Tackle Climate |
| 13:00 – 13:45 45 min |
Speakers: Joel Brounen Country Manager, Colombia, Solidaridad Monika Firl Director of Sustainability, CoopCoffees Manu Jindal Climate and Inclusive Program Manager, Nespresso Moderator: Stephanie Daniels Senior Program Manager, Ag & Development, Sustainable Food Lab |
PEOPLE: Climate Resilience on Small Farms: Exploring the Link Between Carbon Quantification and Livelihoods |
| 13:45 – 14:00 | Break | |
| 14:00 – 14:30 30 min |
Speakers: Rafael Aparicio Sustainability Manager, AM FRESH Group Dr. Lynn Dicks Lead Scientist Biodiversity Metric, Cool Farm Alliance Lecturer in Animal Ecology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge Naomi Pendleton Sustainability Director, AM FRESH GroupModerator: Rich Heathcote Chair Science Committee, Cool Farm Alliance |
BIODIVERSITY: The Expansion of the Cool Farm Tool Biodiversity Module into New Territories |
| 14:30 – 14:45 15 min |
Xavier Bengoa Senior Consultant, Quantis Paula Sanginés de Cárcer Forest Engineer and Sustainability Consultant, Quantis |
GeoFootprint: A Cutting-Edge Technology for Accelerating Sustainable Agriculture Built with Cool Farm Alliance Members |
| 14:45 – 15:00 15 min |
Alexi Ernstoff PhD, Global Science Lead, Quantis Paula Sanginés de Cárcer Forest Engineer and Sustainability Consultant, Quantis |
Perennials: Exploring GHG Removals and Sequestration Potential in Perennial Cropping Systems |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Break | |
| 15:15 – 16:00 45 min |
Speakers: Prof. Keith Paustian Distinguished Professor Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University Prof. Pete Smith Professor of Soils & Global Change, University of Aberdeen Moderator: Simon Miller Advisor, Cool Farm Alliance Managing Partner, 3Keel |
SOIL: Carbon Sequestration as a Mitigation Strategy—What Do We Know?Panel followed by Q&A Session |
| 16:00 – 16:30 30 min |
Speakers: Simon Haldrup CEO, Commoditrader Matt Schmitt Commercial Carbon, Senior Director, Cargill Andrew Voysey Head of Strategy and Business Development, Soil Capital Moderator: Daniella Malin Deputy General Manager, Cool Farm Alliance |
Monetising Carbon and GHG Reductions to Drive Scale |
| 16:30 – 16:45 15 min |
James Novakowski Technical Product Manager, Cool Farm Alliance Marc Shapiro Technical Product Manager, Cool Farm Alliance |
Cool Farm Tool API
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| 16:45 – 17:00 15 min |
Richard Profit General Manager, Cool Farm Alliance |
Agriculture Fit for Our Future:
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