How Danone Supports California Farmer’s Regenerative Ag Practices
A look at how Danone’s partnership with a California farm promotes regenerative agriculture.
Woolf Farming is one of Danone’s partners in the promotion of regenerative agriculture. The outfit operates 25,000 acres in California’s farming-rich Central Valley, raising crops from almonds and pistachios to garlic, tomatoes, and cotton.
Danone buys almonds from Woolf for use in its almond-based nondairy products and pays Woolf about $50 an acre each year to offset Woolf’s costs of cover-cropping with triticale, legumes, and flowering plants that help pollinators. Danone’s funds also help Wool…
Manual Feature
Latest News
Tate & Lyle Automates Ingredient Development and More Supplier News
Still largely undiscovered by U.S. consumers, the ingredients and cuisines of Africa present opportunities for product developers seeking to create novel food experiences.
Nourishing Food System Transformation
Focusing on the intersection of human and planetary health, Alyson Greenhalgh-Ball is working to improve the food ecosystem.
Upcycling: The Future is Now
In this column, the author provides insight into how the transformation of food waste into high-value ingredients, or upcycling, is made possible by advances in processing technologies, utilization of novel waste streams, and new research findings.
Transforming Ingredients Through Precision Fermentation
In this column, the author describes how precision fermentation is changing the way we produce food with sustainability in mind.
Heat-Resistant Potato Crop; Proposed Climate Tax, and More
News and trends about the food system.