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Thank you for joining us in 2022! The Regenerative Agriculture and Food Systems Summit 2022 brought key industry players together with one unified mission – to accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture to build a more abundant and resilient food system for generations to come. Exploring crucial areas such as engaging farmers with a compelling value proposition, the role data plays in scaling regenerative agriculture, and financing the transition. Throughout the two days, one theme became clear, collaboration is key!
Join us again in September 2023 to continue to drive progress and accelerate the transition to regenerative agriculture.
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2022 SPEAKERS
Carla Hilhorst
Dionys Forster
Alex Godfrey
Pascal Chapot
Daniel Baertschi
Nova Sayers
Tobias Streich
Raised and educated between Europe and South-America, Tobias has been developing ESG supply chain monitoring programs over the last 8 years for global FMCG brands.
Bridging between the reality of supply chains, the complexity of global manufacturing organizations and modern enterprise IT systems, he has become an export in designing and implementing successful responsible sourcing programs at scale.
Juliana Jaramillo
Beth Jensen
Beth Jensen is Director of Climate+ Impact at Textile Exchange, the leading global nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the use of sustainable fibers and materials within the apparel, footwear, and home textiles industries. She oversees the evolution and implementation of Textile Exchange's Climate+ Strategy, supporting the industry’s efforts to achieve positive outcomes in the areas of climate, biodiversity, soil health, and water. Prior to Textile Exchange, Beth held leadership roles overseeing and driving sustainable materials and products programs at VF Corporation, a Fortune 500 company with a portfolio of outdoor and active brands including Vans, The North Face, Timberland, and Smartwool, and at Outdoor Industry Association, the North American-based trade association for the outdoor apparel, footwear, and gear sector. She is based in Colorado, USA, and holds a B.A. from St. Olaf College and an M.B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder Leeds School of Business.
Joanna Lawrence
Øistein Thorsen
Julie Reneau
Philippe Birker
Silvia Tonti
Silvia Tonti is VP Circular Economy and Nature Solutions at Yara International. She joined Yara in 2011 as Head of Innovation and Patent and in 2015 took responsibility over the Industrial Business Development unit, leading the definition and execution of the Yara Industrial strategy. She brings more than 20 years of experience in Multinational Chemical Companies, with diverse responsibility across Manufacturing, R&D, Corporate Strategy, and International Business Development.
Harry Farnsworth
James Ede
Marcelo Scarcelli
Martina Henry
Rubie van Crevel
Soil Heroes enables companies in Europe and the UK to invest in environmental impact by working with regenerative farmers. We do this based on real soil data and through quantifying and verifying the positive change.
Rubie sets up partnerships between regenerative farmers, farmers in transition and companies active in the value chain of farmers, varying from banks, food brands, traders and processors. Rubie develops business models that generate positive impact for both farmers and companies based on the environmental impact and the high-quality, regenerative produce generated by regenerative agriculture.
Sarah Fadika
Vanessa Maire
Nikki Yoxall
Franco Costantini
Lesley Mitchell
Charlene Collison
Charlene heads Forum for the Future’s Challenge Lab on Sustainable Value Chains, which works to make value chains of key land-based commodities regenerative and distributive. Charlene leads initiatives to scale sustainable and regenerative agriculture, provide decent livelihoods and use fair, transparent business models through agricultural commodity value chains. She leads multi-stakeholder collaborative initiatives across a range of sectors and themes, including directing the Cotton 2040 initiative. Charlene also leads strategy projects with a range of brands, particularly in apparel, with a focus on using futures tools to diagnose and act on emerging systemic challenges.
Charlene is a facilitator on Forum’s School for Systems Change, and supports Forum’s thought leadership on systemic and collaborative change processes. She has over 20 years’ experience in futures, systems thinking, and organisational and societal change for sustainability.
Keith Agoada
Philip Fernandez
Sarah Lockwood
Boris Spassky
Andrew Voysey
Mateja Kramar
Mateja is associated with technology, innovation, and sustainability, with deep knowledge and experience of regenerative agriculture, responsible sourcing, supply chain optimisation and digital transformation. In her dual role at Accenture, she combines co-developing technology-driven, innovative, sustainability solutions (Amplify Program) with helping clients solve their biggest and most urgent industrial and global challenges.
Mateja has over 25 years of international experience in many different industries; advising and working on disruptive innovation, reinvention, and optimisation of business models.
Before joining Accenture, Mateja was a Sustainability Advisor at Microsoft. Prior to that, she was leading a variety of start-up and spin-off projects at the ETH Zurich, where she is still working as a guest lecturer on sustainability, technology, and innovation. Mateja is a serial entrepreneur – with over 20 years’ experience, founding 14 successful companies with patent pending innovations, in 8 different industries.
As a former professional athlete and ballet dancer, she is last 15 years working as mentor and coach, focusing on winning performance and personal growth, for both business leaders and professional sports teams. Mateja holds a MSc in Business Administration and Marketing and speaks six languages. She lives in Switzerland, spending most of her free time outdoors with her dog, and practicing several sports.
Her personal quote and motto: Action always beats intention
Dr Shailendra Mishra
Stephanie Race
Bastien Sachet
Charles Leonardi
Tobias Streich
Raised and educated between Europe and South-America, Tobias has been developing ESG supply chain monitoring programs over the last 8 years for global FMCG brands.
Bridging between the reality of supply chains, the complexity of global manufacturing organizations and modern enterprise IT systems, he has become an export in designing and implementing successful responsible sourcing programs at scale.
Brian Shaw
Stefania Avanzini
Stefania is impact-driven and passionate about collective transformations. As Director of One Planet Business for Biodvisersity, she is working to scale the adoption of regenerative agriculture globally through the organization’s cross-sectoral membership that spans the agricultural value chain from production to distribution. Prior to her work at OP2B, Stefania worked for Danone’s investment fund for social business, and for Ashoka – the world’s largest network of social entrepreneurs. Stefania believes in the power of business to transform agricultural systems in a way that is beneficial for people, climate, and nature.
Marco de Boer
Throughout his career in communications and marketing, Marco has learned that no challenge is the same. That even the most common issues require specific solutions, and he is skilled to determine those solutions. Marco brings to his role as Co-Founder and CEO of reNature his creative and management experiences from sitting on boards of Entrepreneurs’ Organisation, ADCN, and the Dutch Advertising and Design Association, this alongside being Strategy Director at includi and Founder and Strategy and Creative Director at Bohemia Amsterdam.
Tomaž Ščavničar
Forbes Elworthy
Innovation Showcase
The Innovation Showcase gives 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.
Our esteemed Selection Committee will select 5 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 but be registered to attend the event.
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Congratulations to our 2022 Finalists!
2022 Selection Committee
Victoria McIvor
Tijl Hoefnagels
Daan Wilms Van Kersbergen
Murray Gray
Pieter van der Meche
Naeem Lakhani
Simon Evill
Forbes Elworthy
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OUR Partners
Platinum Partner
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.
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
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.
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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