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🚜🌍 Agreena launches AgreenaGro – a powerful new platform helping UK farmers make the shift to regenerative agriculture 🌱 📉 With rising input costs, extreme weather, and policy shifts, farmers face mounting pressure. AgreenaGro offers tools to: ✅ Cut emissions ✅ Improve soil health ✅ Earn 💰 from verified carbon outcomes ✅ Connect with supply chain partners ✅ Track progress with clear sustainability scores 👩🌾 Designed for farms of all sizes, it combines financial incentives with real-time insights, peer support, and smart farm integration. 💡 Coming soon: an AI-powered assistant for tailored agronomic advice! 🔗 Full story: https://lnkd.in/dkJBbG57

🐄☘️💡“It’s ‘common-sense’ farming” 💡🌾🚜 Exciting news – my first paper has been published in the Journal of Rural Studies! The paper examines farmer decision-making in relation to circular practices, with a focus on how collaboration, intermediary support and policy frameworks shape choices on the ground. 🤝♻️🌍 📖 You can read the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/eV7D9BKE Key findings include: • Farmers viewed circular agriculture as a ‘win-win’ solution offering economic, social and environmental benefits, bridging both ‘environmentalist’ and ‘productivist’ priorities. • The principles of circularity were recognised as ‘common-sense’, aligning with farmers’ existing knowledge and values, and reinforcing their identity as ‘good [food producing] farmers’. • Circular agriculture has the potential to contribute meaningfully to achieving net zero targets while being acceptable and practical for farmers. I am very grateful to my co-authors, and to the farmers, industry and policy representatives who generously shared their time and insights. I look forward to building on this research and to further discussions on how we can support farmers in moving towards more circular and sustainable agricultural systems. Bangor University | CircAgric-GHG

What happened This Week In Regenerative Agriculture? 1. AgDevCo’s $7M Bet on Organic Palm Oil Links 8,000 Sierra Leone To Proper Supply Chains 2. New AgreenaGro Platform Supports Farmers in Transition to Regenerative Agriculture 3. FMO’s $35M First Loss Bet 4. Lessons For Farms In Regenerative Agriculture 5. Coffee sector sets common playbook for regen ag with GCP’s new ‘RegenCoffee’ guide Check it out for FREE! https://lnkd.in/eHEHuwif

How does Regenerative Agriculture help farms and the planet thrive? We want to thrive in the future and that depends on the farmers who produce the raw materials we rely on also thriving. https://lnkd.in/gk6A3kAs

South African Farmers to earn from First Verified Carbon Credits through UPL Corp’s CarbonSmart programme   · UPL’s CarbonSmart programme to issue its first 26,102 verified carbon credits to farmers. · Initiative empowers South African farmers to adopt regenerative agriculture and benefit from carbon markets. · Partnership with Orizon Agriculture and Verra certification marks a breakthrough in sustainable farming. Durban, South Africa, September 16, 2025 – UPL Corporation Ltd. (UPL Corp), a global provider of holistic and sustainable agricultural solutions, has reached a major milestone with its CarbonSmart programme. The first batch of 26,102 verified carbon credits will soon be issued to the programme, following the successful registration of the initiative with Verra, the global standard for carbon credit certification. CarbonSmart helps farmers adopt regenerative practices that improve soil health, cut emissions, and capture carbon in the soil. These efforts not only make farms more climate-positive but also provide farmers with a new income stream through carbon credits. FULL PRESS RELEASE HERE: https://lnkd.in/d6xp8_v3

A win for farmers, the environment, and the future of agriculture! We’re thrilled to announce a major milestone for UPL Corp’s CarbonSmart programme: 26,102 verified carbon credits are set to be issued to South African farmers. This achievement is proof that sustainable farming can deliver real financial and environmental benefits. Through regenerative practices like reduced tillage, cover cropping, and our NPP biosolutions, these farmers have improved soil health, captured carbon, and unlocked a new income stream. And the best part? The majority of revenue from these credits will go directly to the farmers. This is just the beginning. With our partners at Orizon Agriculture, we’re scaling CarbonSmart to include more crops, regions, and farmers – all while advancing sustainability and farmer profitability. Congratulations to our pilot farmers and the UPL Corp South Africa team for leading the way in climate-positive farming. Together, we’re proving that agriculture can be a force for good. #SustainableAg #CarbonSmart #FarmersFirst #RegenerativeFarming

🌱 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐚𝐲 🌱 Agriculture today stands at a critical crossroads — balancing the need for higher yields with the responsibility of preserving soil health and protecting the environment. This is where biofertilizers are changing the game. Unlike chemical fertilizers, biofertilizers harness the power of living microorganisms such as nitrogen-fixing bacteria, phosphate-solubilizing microbes, and mycorrhizal fungi. These natural allies enhance nutrient availability, improve soil structure, and boost crop productivity sustainably. 🔹 Why it matters: Reduces dependency on synthetic fertilizers Improves soil fertility and microbial biodiversity Enhances plant resilience against diseases and stress Lowers farming costs while promoting eco-friendly practices Across the globe, farmers are turning to biofertilizers not just as an alternative, but as a strategic solution for long-term soil and crop health. In fact, industries are now investing in large-scale biofertilizer production, recognizing its role in climate-smart agriculture. 💡 One farmer once said, “With biofertilizers, I’m not just feeding my crops, I’m feeding my soil.” That mindset shift is exactly what the future of farming requires. As demand for sustainable food production grows, biofertilizers are no longer an option—they’re becoming a necessity.

BSF is emerging as dual purpose, both as a biofertilizer and as a feed ingredient for livestock. A technology innovated in the African continent and used throughout the globe at present. #BSF #Innovation #Biofertilizers #Feedstock #OrganicSystems

Food, Beverage and Dairy companies test for pathogens and the presence of indicator microorganisms with the requirement that they absent and food is safe. However in the agricultural industry the presence of bacteria 🦠 is encouraged and enhanced with the addition of Biofertilizers to promote crop growth and sustainability whilst reducing costs for farmers and environmental chemical exposure 🌾🌱💧🚜 I've always thought of bacteria as the enemy but this is not always the case.

ADM’s third annual regenerative agriculture report shows it enrolled over 5 million acres—surpassing its 2024 target of 3.5 million and reaching its 2025 goal a year early—through farmer-centric programs and partnerships with brands like Nestlé, PepsiCo, and The J.M. Smucker Co. across six continents. The company reports more than 1 million metric tons of Scope 3 greenhouse gas reductions in 2024 (triple 2023 levels) and 363,000 metric tons of CO₂e sequestered, driven by targeted incentives, technical support, and on-farm practice changes. #regenrative #food #agriculture https://lnkd.in/euM7ms-N