National Hemp Association joins forces with Cool Farm Alliance

Based in D.C., the National Hemp Association (NHA) is a non-profit with a mission to support the growth and development of the hemp industry. NHA became a member of the Cool Farm Alliance late last year with the aim of leveraging the partnership to create a united front to support regenerative agriculture, freshwater conservation, biodiversity, and best practices for land management … Read More

HEINEKEN’s global Low Carbon Farming programme supporting regenerative agriculture: on the path towards net zero impact

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

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

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

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

The Added Value of Regenerative Agriculture

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 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