“Stonyfield is strongly committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions,” said Britt Lundgren, director of organic and sustainable agriculture at Stonyfield Organic. “Over half of our emissions come from agriculture, so in order to hit our target we know we need to work with the farms who provide our ingredients and help them reduce their emissions and sequester more carbon. OpenTEAM will enable us to do this and track farms’ progress so we can be confident we’re hitting our goals.”
“We are inspired by the level of collaboration, leadership and vision our OpenTEAM partners have provided,” said Dorn Cox, Ph.D., research director, Wolfe’s Neck Center. “Through the power of open technology, we aim to make what was invisible visible and in so doing the unvalued valuable.”
For more information on OpenTEAM or becoming an OpenTEAM collaborator, please visit: https://www.wolfesneck.org/openteam/ or contact Dr. Dorn Cox at dcox@wolfesneck.org.
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About Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment (WNC)
Wolfe’s Neck Center is a pioneer in regenerative agriculture, a nonprofit research and education center and a working organic farm. Situated on over 600 acres of conserved coastal landscape in Freeport, Maine, WNC’s mission is to transform our relationship with farming and food for a healthier planet. In 2019, WNC dedicated a new $1 million facility to house a first-of-its-kind training program for new and transitioning organic dairy farmers. Follow Wolfe’s Neck Center on Twitter at @wolfesneck and on Facebook and Instagram at @wolfesneckcenter.
About Stonyfield Organic
As the country’s leading organic yogurt maker, Stonyfield Organic takes care with everything it puts into its products and everything it keeps out. By saying no to toxic persistent pesticides, artificial hormones, antibiotics and GMOs, Stonyfield has been saying yes to healthy food, healthy people and a healthy planet for 35 years.
Stonyfield, a Certified B-Corp, is also helping to protect and preserve the next generation of farmers and families through programs like its Direct Milk Supply and Wolfe’s Neck Organic Training Program as well as StonyFIELDS, a nationwide, multi-year initiative to help keep families free from toxic persistent pesticides in parks and playing fields across the country. Follow Stonyfield on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter at @Stonyfield.
About LandPKS
The Land-Potential Knowledge System (LandPKS) is a mobile app and platform that supports nearly all approaches to land management by facilitating access to soil information and knowledge and helping farmers and ranchers to track progress towards management objectives. As a fully functional system for which data privacy functions will become available in late 2019, LandPKS will serve as one of a growing number of gateways to the expanding network or “ecosystem” of OpenTEAM tools and technologies. LandPKS development is led by the USDA-ARS in cooperation with the University of Colorado Boulder, New Mexico State University and collaborators throughout the world. Follow LandPKS on Facebook and Twitter at @LandPKS.
About Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, FFAR
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization established by bipartisan Congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, builds unique partnerships to support innovative and actionable science addressing today’s food and agriculture challenges. FFAR leverages public and private resources to increase the scientific and technological research, innovation and partnerships critical to enhancing sustainable production of nutritious food for a growing global population. The FFAR Board of Directors is chaired by Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum, Ph.D. and includes ex officio representation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and National Science Foundation. Follow FFAR at Facebook and Twitter at @FoundationFAR and @RockTalking.