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As regenerative agriculture moves from being more of an elusive concept to a proven solution and an answer to the future of farming, extending its reach is vital. According to the Sustainable Markets Initiative, to limit climate change to 1.5 degrees, it must be scaled faster, and move from covering around 15% of global cropland today to 40% by 2030.
Despite pockets of progress, adoption rates are far too slow as the short-term economic case for change is not compelling enough for farmers. A farmer-first approach must be implemented, and immediate action must be taken to scale support for farmers by creating mechanisms and developing new sourcing models to share the cost of transition, building farmers’ income from environmental outcomes, and advocating for government policy that enables and rewards farmers for the transition.
Focusing this year on moving pilot projects to scale, the Regenerative Agriculture and Food Systems Summit Europe will facilitate and accelerate adoption and provide insights to inform corporate strategies to effectively achieve sustainability goals.
Join us again in September 2023 to continue to drive progress and accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture. Download our agenda today.
FARMER INITIATIVES
Farmer Budget
We understand that farmers face additional barriers that prevent them from attending events such as ours. So, we've allocated a budget specifically for farmers to support with covering travel and accommodation costs.
If you are a farmer and are interested in attending our event, please reach out to us for more information at [email protected]
Sponsor a Farmer
Attendees have the option of contributing €50 during their registration as part of our Sponsor a Farmer Initiative. All funds will be allocated to our Farmer Budget and go towards covering farmer costs.
VIRTUAL FARMER'S WORKSHOP
Thursday, 13th July | 3PM BST | 4PM CEST
Focused on sharing the farmer's perspective, join leading regenerative farmers from across Europe in this virtual discussion-based workshop in partnership with The Regenerative Agroforestry Podcast, before splitting into small breakout groups to discuss the experiences, challenges, and learnings farmers have faced when scaling regenerative practices.
This is an interactive workshop and we encourage farmers (and others working on the ground) to come to the workshop ready to contribute and share their experiences and learnings with the group.
Discussion points include:
- What challenges and hesitancies have you faced during your transition to regenerative practices and what can the industry do to provide valuable support?
- What incentives, financial or otherwise, would be most beneficial to receive when embarking on and throughout the transition?
- What would a ‘perfect’ partnership look like and what roadblocks have you experienced?
Speakers
SHOWCASE OPPORTUNITIES
Innovation Showcase
The Innovation Showcase gives commercial startups with unique and interesting technologies, services, and products within the agriculture space the chance to present in front of our audience of investors and industry leaders.
All applications are stage agnostic and can relate to any solution within regenerative agriculture.
Our esteemed Selection Committee will select five finalists to take to the stage to present their vision of the future of the regenerative agriculture space.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Friday 21st July 2023
Please note all finalists must be registered to attend the Summit.
Abstract Submission
Open to academics working on projects aimed at accelerating regenerative agriculture practices, our abstract submission aims to highlight some of the latest research within regenerative agriculture.
Submit your 300 word abstract for the opportunity to potentially showcase your work at the Summit.
Please note you must be registered to attend the Summit to showcase your project.
2023 SPEAKERS
Alex Godfrey
Pascal Chapot
Stéphane Hallaire
Anastasia Volkova
Anastasia Volkova, PhD, is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and engineer committed to developing technology that empowers the agriculture industry to help solve the global climate crisis. She is CEO and Co-Founder of Regrow Ag, an award-winning SaaS provider that enables organizations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across their agricultural supply chains and build climate change resilience by incentivizing the adoption of regenerative farming practices.
Since Regrow’s launch in early 2021, Dr. Volkova and her team have raised $55M in Series A and B funding, and have nurtured Regrow into a global company trusted by some of the world’s leading CPGs, food companies, and ecosystem market developers, including General Mills, Cargill, Kellogg’s, PepsiCo, and South Pole. Regrow delivers environmental data that makes it possible for organizations to analyze scope 3 sourcing regions, report emissions, and plan sustainability investments, and supports the execution of producer incentive programs that reduce on-field emissions. It pioneered the development of digital MRV (Measurement, Reporting, and Verification) software for agriculture, bringing transparency and credibility to agriculture-based carbon reductions and removals. Regrow’s best-in-class MRV was honored as a Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Idea.
A 2022 Bloomberg New Economy Catalyst and Forbes Technology Council member, Dr. Volkova is a respected thought leader and innovator in regenerative agriculture and sustainable food sourcing. She has been recognized as one of The Australian’s Top 100 Innovators, MIT’s “35 Under 35” Innovators (2020), and BBC’s “Top 100 Women” (2020).
Matteo Zanotti
Franco Costantini
Philippe Birker
Harry Farnsworth
Joseph Gridley
Annie Leeson
Vincent Triesschijn
Graham Wilkinson
Kelly Ann Ross
Loraiza Davies
Lesley Mitchell
Bryan Gilvesy
Bryan is C.E.O. of ALUS (alus.ca), a national community-led, farmer delivered charitable program that rewards farmers to produce more ecosystem services and develops market value for those services.
He is also owner of the Y U Ranch, a Texas Longhorn ranching operation in Norfolk County, Ontario.
Bryan serves as an Executive in Residence for Agriculture and Sustainability at the Ivey School of Business at Western University.
Andrew Voysey
Adele Jones
Alastair Trickett
Vanessa Maire
Martina Henry
Anne van Doorn
Dr. Eoghan Finneran
Myriam Sainz
Dr. Saskia Visser
Aleksandra Zaborowska
2023 PARTNERS
Platinum Partners
Nestlé
Website: https://www.nestle.com/
Nestlé is the world’s largest food and beverage company. It is present in 186 countries around the world, and its 276,000 employees are committed to Nestlé’s purpose of unlocking the power of food to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come. Nestlé offers a wide portfolio of products and services for people and their pets throughout their lives. Its more than 2,000 brands range from global icons like Nescafé or Nespresso to local favorites. Company performance is driven by its Nutrition, Health and Wellness strategy. Nestlé is based in the Swiss town of Vevey where it was founded more than 150 years ago.
Reforest'Action
Website: https://www.reforestaction.com/en
Please visit our website for more information.Gold Partners
Regrow
Website: https://www.regrow.ag/
Regrow Ag is the most trusted provider of Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) software and sustainability insights for agriculture, enabling companies to quantify soil carbon and GHG emissions baselines and reductions in farm supply chains. With MRV tools approved by the Climate Action Reserve and aligned with programs approved by SustainCERT, Regrow leverages the industry’s most accurate and scalable soil carbon model, satellite data, and machine learning to generate the highest quality data assurance available. Some of the food and ag value chain’s leading companies, including Cargill, General Mills, and Kellogg’s, have chosen Regrow as their partner for implementing regenerative agriculture programs to meet their corporate climate goals. Regrow is the only provider that can support the entire journey from assessing and taking action to reduce on-farm greenhouse gas emissions, to reporting credible, certified ESG outcomes, to scaling solutions globally. Learn more at www.Regrow.ag.
xFarm Technologies
Website: https://xfarm.ag/
xFarm Technologies is a tech company that aims to lead the Digital Transformation in agriculture through a Digital Ecosystem for Farm Management.
Event Partners
Quantis
Website: https://quantis.com/
Since 2006, we've approached environmental sustainability with the utmost scientific integrity and a steadfast mindset of reimagining what's possible. We have pioneered new approaches to business, anchored in the latest environmental science and established pre-competitive initiatives, to support companies in addressing climate change, water pollution and scarcity, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution. Our expertise in agriculture, food, fashion, sporting goods, cosmetics, personal care, and finance provides us an unparalleled understanding of the drivers of transformational change and the obstacles that often stand in the way.
We enable science-driven business transformation by leveraging the best available data and metrics, and using these insights to shape actionable strategies that shift businesses toward operating within planetary boundaries. Quantis goes a step further, equipping our clients to establish and credibly communicate their sustainability strategies, goals and achievements internally and externally. Our clients choose Quantis because they are serious about reducing their environmental impacts. And we are serious about helping them do it. Our unique approach has resulted in long-term partnerships with influential industry players who share our vision for a planetary economy where nature, people — and business — can thrive.
SAI Platform
Website: https://saiplatform.org/
SAI Platform is one of the primary global food & drink value chain initiatives for sustainable agriculture, with the purpose of harnessing the collaborative power of our members to accelerate the widespread adoption of sustainable agriculture practices and the transformation to sustainable food systems.
Solidaridad
Website: https://www.solidaridadnetwork.org/
Solidaridad is an international civil society organization with over 50 years of experience in developing solutions to make communities more resilient and create more sustainable supply chains. Its almost 1000 diverse staff work in more than 40 countries with a deep knowledge of local contexts.
Solidaridad works throughout the entire value chain to make sustainability the norm. Their innovative solutions support the transition to an inclusive economy that provides sustainable livelihoods with fair and profitable business opportunities. This includes decent working conditions, a fair living wage, and production in balance with nature, so that all people can thrive now and for generations to come.
Marketing Partner
Forum for the Future
Website: www.forumforthefuture.org
Forum for the Future is a leading international sustainability non-profit with offices in London, New York, Singapore and Mumbai. We leverage our expertise in systems change and futures to accelerate change on global challenges, and to cultivate the capacity of organisations and individuals to create long-term and transformative change. For over 25 years, we’ve been working in partnership with business, governments and civil society to accelerate transformation toward a just and regenerative future.
Media Partners
Future Farming
Website: https://www.futurefarming.com/
Please visit our website for more information.Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food podcast
Website: https://investinginregenerativeagriculture.com
In Investing in Regenerative Agriculture and Food podcast show we talk to the pioneers in the regenerative food and agriculture space to learn more on how to put our money to work to regenerate soil, people, local communities and ecosystems while making an appropriate and fair return.
Why the focus on soil and regeneration? Because so many of the pressing issues we face today have their roots in how we treat our land, grow our food and what we eat. And it’s time that we, as investors big and small and consumers, start paying much more attention to the dirt/ soil underneath our feet.
Loop Closing
Website: https://www.loopclosing.com
Loop Closing places commercially available composting machines where dumpsters once stood providing a path to zero waste. Instead of hauling food waste “away,” we compost it on-site where it’s generated, thereby elevating the use of food from heading to landfill/incineration. Our innovation is deploying a decentralized network that inclusively regenerates our soils, communities, and planet. Similar to distributing personal computers, scaling computing capacity far beyond mainframe computers, distributing on-site composting can scale composting capacity beyond centralized recycling infrastructure. In the US, it’s stuck at a recycling rate of 6% without a path to meet ReFED goals of 23% by 2030. LC’s decentralized approach provides a path to meet and exceed the ReFED goal.
The Regenerative Agroforestry Podcast
Website: https://www.regenerativeagroforestry.org/
The Regenerative Agroforestry Podcast is a platform whose aim is to investigate the potential of Agroforestry as a key tool in the transition towards a Regenerative Food system. We currently achieve this by interviewing top experts and farmers in the field of Regenerative Agriculture.
reNature
Website: https://www.renature.co/
ReNature is an Amsterdam-based consulting firm supporting farmers and corporations to transition to regenerative agriculture systems. reNature utilizes the vast potential of regenerative agriculture in fighting today’s global challenges, namely biodiversity loss, food insecurity, poverty, and climate change. We rethink current farming systems, going beyond sustainability in designing and implementing diverse, regenerative systems on all scales. Alongside our partners, we enable farmers to adopt regenerative practices by offering them tools for implementation and capacity building and access to finance. This is achieved through Technical Advisory (context and market analysis prior to implementation), creating Model Farms (demonstration plots), establishing Farmer Training Programs (extensive ToT program to further reach farmers), and developing Transition Packages (full transition at landscape level).
Thought for Food
Website: https://thoughtforfood.org/
Thought For Food is the world’s pioneer and leader in next-gen innovation and startup acceleration for food and agriculture. We offer a truly-unique innovation engine that is powered by our TFF Challenge programs, our ever-growing TFF Community of 30K+ Millennial and GenZ talents in 175+ countries, and our first-of-its-kind innovation and collaboration platform called the TFF Digital Labs. Through our work, we engage next-gen innovators in every part of the world and catalyse them to create new ideas and solutions; we provide cutting-edge resources and learning experiences that empower entrepreneurs with the mindsets, skills and networks they need to lead and succeed; we provide wing-to-wing innovation programs that attract and support ventures at every stage – from ideation through to investment. In the past 8 years, we have helped to launch 60+ startups that have collectively raised $200M+, and accelerated 8K+ new business concepts.
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