In a documentary featuring and narrated by nature filmmaker David Attenborough – Breaking Boundaries: The Science of our Planet – climate scientist Johan Rockström describes the fast depreciation of our planetary ecological systems caused by human activities. Our current ways of farming are a major driver of this degradation: The food system is currently responsible for 25% to 30% of … Read More
Cool Farm is Hiring – Communications Manager & Membership Officer
The Cool Farm Alliance (CFA) is a not-for-profit member organisation that owns and operates the Cool Farm Tool (CFT), which is used to measure on-farm greenhouse gas emissions, carbon sequestration and other environmental sustainability indicators. Usage of the CFT and membership of the CFA has grown rapidly, to become a globally leading quantification tool, decision support and convening platform for … Read More
Cool Farm presents at the In-Depth Learning Series by Open Team
OpenTEAM is a farmer-driven community advancing agriculture’s ability to become a solution to climate change through a more sustainable agricultural technology ecosystem. It also serves as a platform for dialogue. OpenTeam has established a highly informative and diverse set of webinars, the so-called “In-Depth Learning Series” that aims to build a knowledge base of its community in a way that … Read More
Welcome Our New Members in March and April 2022
At the Cool Farm Alliance, we are proud to welcome new members to our community that aims at driving more informed on-farm decisions that reduce the environmental impact of agriculture around the globe. Learn more about our new members that joined in March and April 2022 and their plans and ambitions for the Alliance. +++ Agri I.O.T Group Agri I.O.T … Read More
Cool Farm Alliance – Annual Report Calendar Year 2021
Just over a decade ago, a group of multi-national food companies and NGOs (the “founding partners”) set out to put the findings from the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC), published in 2006, to the test. What is the climate change mitigation potential through agriculture? When research and globally aggregated data meet actual fields and farms, what will we find? … Read More
Cool Farm Alliance Annual Meeting 2022
Building a Community that Regenerates Agriculture 18th-19th May 2022 / 12:00 – 16:15 British Summer Time (BST) Online Event We are delighted to invite you to Cool Farm Alliance’s 2022 Annual Meeting. Themed “Building a Community that Regenerates Agriculture”, the two-day meeting will gather the Cool Farm community once more in a virtual space to join their … Read More
Cool Farm is Hiring – Technical Manager
The Cool Farm Alliance (CFA) is a not-for-profit member organisation that owns and operates the Cool Farm Tool (CFT), which is used to measure on-farm environmental sustainability. Usage of the CFT and membership of the CFA has grown rapidly, to become the leading global software for measuring farm sustainability. We are looking for candidates to strengthen our team. Technical Manager … Read More
Cool Farm Biodiversity on the Move – Open Call to Join Working Group
Call for Interest – Join Our New Project Working Group for the Cool Farm Tool Biodiversity Module Sustainability consultancy 3Keel are supporting the Cool Farm Alliance to build on the momentum behind the Cool Farm Tool’s existing biodiversity module with the view to establishing it as the industry standard for taking management decisions in support of on-farm biodiversity in a traceable, comparable and fair way. … Read More
Welcome our New Members in December 2021 and January 2022
At the Cool Farm Alliance, we are proud to welcome new members to our community that aims at driving more informed on-farm decisions that reduce the environmental impact of agriculture around the globe. Learn more about our new members that joined end of 2021 and beginning of 2022 and their plans and ambitions for the Alliance. +++ Digital Green Digital … Read More
Pioneering methodology for quantifying carbon sequestration in perennial cropping systems
The Cool Farm Alliance co-created with sustainability consulting group Quantis, soil scientists and industry organisations a new methodology framework for carbon sequestration in perennial cropping systems. This new approach to removals accounting aims to inspire industry-wide change through a credible method based in science, and enables improved progress-tracking, decision-making and science-based target setting in forest, land and agriculture. Land-based industries … Read More