We define a sustainable food and agriculture system as one in which the fertility of our soil is maintained and improved; the availability and quality of water are protected and enhanced; our biodiversity is protected; farmers, farm workers, and all other actors in value chains have livable incomes; the food we eat is affordable and promotes our health; sustainable businesses can thrive; and the flow of energy and the discharge of waste, including greenhouse gas emissions, are within the capacity of the earth to absorb forever.

Cool Farm Institute Launches to improve farming and retail carbon footprint A new institute to help farmers produce more efficiently and an updated software ‘tool’ that enables farming and food industries to calculate their carbon footprint are launched this week.

The Annual Leadership Summit,  held  this year in the Dominican Republic, May  1-3, 2012 preceded by Learning Journeys  April  29-May 1.   Read More

March 2012 Sustainable Food Lab Newsletter Mainstreaming Sustainability Global Fisheries Cool Farm Tool News Small Scale Producers + Modern Markets

Cool Farm Tool featured in Costco Magazine. Looking beyond chickens and eggs: "If the push for sustainability works for eggs, what about other foods?  That's an increasingly critical question," says Sheri Flies of Costco's Corporate Food Department.

  

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