To launch our ‘From the Ground Up’ campaign exploring the importance of regenerative agriculture and the urgent need to transition at scale, we invited thought leaders from across the food industry to a LinkedIn Live dedicated to all things soil health. Here are four takeaways.

Why should regenerative agriculture matter to business?

This is the question we asked our panel of experts at our LinkedIn Live dedicated to digging into the reasons why soil health has become a business imperative.

Together, Robbert de Vreede (Unilever Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer, Nutrition), Emilie Haspeslagh (Sustainability Director at Ardo), Mark Isbell (farmer and Partner at Isbell Farms) and Sam Kass (Partner at Acre Venture Partners and former Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition in the Obama administration) delivered a simple answer. Without a regenerative approach to farming there is no future for food or agriculture businesses.

The question for them is how, rather than if, we should transition to regenerative farming models.

Here’s a snapshot of their answers. To listen to the full discussion just click here.

Agriculture is one of our biggest problems and our best hope
Portrait of Sam Kass
Sam Kass, Partner at Acre Venture Partners and former Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition in the Obama administration
Food and agriculture are the second-largest driver of greenhouse gas emissions and the biggest drain on global water resources. The industry is also on the frontline of climate change, with droughts and floods threatening crops and livelihoods.

But Sam Kass suggests that the food and agriculture industry could also offer our best hope of solutions.

“We’re seeing our supply chains already being deeply challenged by droughts and floods and greater volatility in the system,” he says. Timestamp 4:35

“I believe truly that food and agriculture hold the promise to solve some of the greatest challenges of climate by improving our soil health and sequestering much more carbon in the soil.” Timestamp 4:56

Regenerative agriculture is everyone’s business now
Portrait of Emilie Haspeslagh
Emilie Haspeslagh, Sustainability Director at Ardo, one of Unilever’s vegetable suppliers

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