By Dennis Bakx, Global Sustainability Manager Raw Materials a.i., HEINEKEN Global Procurement HEINEKEN are committed to reduce and eliminate their carbon footprint. For over 157 years, HEINEKEN have been passionate about making a positive impact on the world. And today, this is more needed than ever. HEINEKEN’s road to net zero emissions represents a major transformation in the way they … Read More
Certification Standards and the Cool Farm Tool
More and more voluntary sustainability schemes set rules for estimating and managing greenhouse gases. The Cool Farm Tool offers an attractive solution for many users of certification standards to achieve this and is already promoted by some standards as their preferred calculator. Since its inception in 2010, the Cool Farm Tool has pursued its mission to help farmers and companies … Read More
Koltiva joins Cool Farm Alliance to boost regenerative and climate-smart farm practices
Koltiva, an Indonesia-based tech start-up focused on agriculture supply chains, joined the Cool Farm Alliance to boost regenerative and climate-smart farm practices for its customer base. Koltiva and its users will be able to use the Cool Farm Tool to help design more regenerative and climate-smart farm practices that can be Integrated Into training, coaching, and support programs. Most rural … Read More
Straus Family Creamery uses Cool Farm Tool to pave its path to a carbon neutral dairy supply by 2030
Founded in 1994, Straus Family Creamery is a mission-driven, family-business dedicated to making premium organic dairy products with minimal processing. The Straus Dairy Farm and Creamery, located on the Northern California Coast, was the first certified organic dairy farm west of the Mississippi River and the first 100% certified organic creamery in the United States. In addition to its own … Read More
Recording Cool Farm Alliance Annual Meeting 2022
On 19th of May 2022, we welcomed up to 215 participants at our virtual Cool Farm Alliance Annual Meeting in May 2022. Members, partners and external audiences attended the event designed to highlight the importance of community, scalable approaches, and biodiversity for the transition to regenerative, climate-smart agriculture. We are delighted to share the recording of the annual meeting and hope to … Read More
Starbucks is member of the Cool Farm Alliance
End of last year, Starbucks Coffee Company joined the member community of the Cool Farm Alliance and has since strengthened the Alliance by being active in various working groups and projects around dairy and perennial crops. The membership fits the longstanding strategy of the company. Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting high-quality arabica coffee. Today, … Read More
Join the Cool Farm Regenerative Agriculture Working Group – Kick off in September
Open Call – Join our new Working Group As the momentum for sustainability grows amongst the food and beverage sector, an increasing number of member companies are stepping into strategies that incorporate regenerative agriculture to help deliver their net zero and broader sustainability goals. Regenerative agriculture is an approach to food and farming systems that seeks to conserve, regenerate, and … Read More
Cool Farm’s own Charlie Curtis at the Regenagri Podcast on Calculating Carbon & Regenerative Agriculture
The regenagri podcast talks with industry experts to explore the future of farming and the hot topics surrounding the global movement of regenerative agriculture. In episode 20, Rose Riley from Control Union UK, welcomes Cool Farm’s training and consulting manager Charlie Curtis and Richard Gueterbock, agri-food and bioenergy adviser and co-editor of the RASE report – ‘Farm of the Future: Journey to Net Zero’. The … Read More
Volcafe joins the Cool Farm Alliance
Membership is part of effort to improve environmental impact in 15 coffee origin countries 19 July 2022 Coffee trader Volcafe has joined the Cool Farm Alliance as part of the Swiss company’s efforts to assess and reduce the environmental footprint of farms in its value chains across 15 origin countries. The Cool Farm Alliance is the membership organisation behind … Read More
Welcome Our New Members in May and June 2022
The Cool Farm is excited to welcome its newest members that joined in May and June 2022. Get to know the organisations and their plans and ambitions for the Alliance in this regular New Member blog post. Climate Farmers Climate Farmers is building essential infrastructure for policy and industry to scale regenerative agriculture in Europe systemically. The organisation develops Carbon+ … Read More