Leading Harvest

"Splashy brand announcements are a distraction from the planetary crises that agriculture has a critical role in addressing — collapsing biodiversity, soil degradation, climate change, nutrient deficiency, and so much more. Companies have let the work of selling sustainability take the place of actually solving sustainability challenges. The private sector needs a new model for sustainability, one that shifts the focus from selling to doing." ICYMI, Kenny Fahey explores three ways the agriculture sector can shift its approach. Read more in our latest Deep Roots newsletter: https://bit.ly/3wRPjcj To receive future newsletters straight to your inbox, subscribe here: https://bit.ly/3GJTzfu

What is the power of a standard in driving sustainable agriculture at scale? Leading Harvest's CEO Kenny Fahey tells it as he sees it in Agriculture Dive this week. Let's invest more on alignment behind the scenes in our supply chains than in our marketing, and move the needle together. https://lnkd.in/ewgG53Nq

"Companies have let the work of selling sustainability take the place of actually solving sustainability challenges. The private sector needs a new model for sustainability, one that shifts the focus from selling to doing." In our latest op-ed, Kenny Fahey shares three ways we can shift our approach and harness the full potential of the private sector. Read more on Agriculture Dive: https://bit.ly/3WPCbz5

Are you attending Reuters Events: Supply Chain this week in Atlanta? Our President & CEO Kenny Fahey is leading a panel with Kavien Martin (KIND), Bob Kolasky (Exiger), and Jill Schwartz-Cheng (LT Apparel Group): 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑. Join the discussion tomorrow at 9:25am ET, or come say hi during a coffee break! https://lnkd.in/eBj5Vmcv

Great to see Kenny Fahey discussing how farmland, capital and downstream demand from food retailers converge and the role Leading Harvest is playing in bringing landowners to the table. Proud to have all of the Peoples Company acres enrolled in this standard. 

We are proud to announce that Lamb Weston has joined Leading Harvest as a Program User to help advance agriculture from the ground up! Program Users are committed to furthering sustainable agriculture by applying the Leading Harvest Farmland Management Standard to their operations. Learn more about our membership at https://lnkd.in/gtcER3kh.

We are proud to recognize GO.FARM for achieving certification to Leading Harvest’s Farmland Management Standard! Congratulations on this great accomplishment and thank you for your commitment to furthering sustainable agriculture. Averum, a third-party certification body, verified GO.FARM’s conformance to our program. A copy of their summary audit report can be found here on our website: https://lnkd.in/eacQMyiV

We are hiring! Leading Harvest is seeking a General Manager to lead our Australia business. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/g95uQNME

Are you helping to scale sustainable and regenerative outcomes in global agriculture? We are excited to share our new membership tier: Leading Harvest Activators. Leading Harvest Activators collaborate on projects that support our Program Users in achieving certification and/or measuring outcomes associated with certification. These members do not own or manage farmland but are input providers, technology companies, agricultural consultants, NGOs, commodity/farmer associations, and more. Ready to join us? Contact member@leadingharvest.org to learn more.

We are proud to announce that Optimum Agriculture has joined Leading Harvest as a Program User to help advance agriculture from the ground up! Program Users are committed to furthering sustainable agriculture by applying the Leading Harvest Farmland Management Standard to their operations. Learn more about our membership at https://lnkd.in/gtcER3kh.