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It’s exciting to see BeeHero’s impact growing globally, with our precision pollination solutions reaching more geographies and crops. We’re bringing the right tools to growers like Manuel Navarro at Betteravia Farms. As Manuel shares, efficient pollination isn’t just about hive counts - it’s about managing hive health, timing, and constant monitoring to maximize crop potential. We’re providing farmers with the solutions to manage pollination inputs more effectively. Our Precision Pollination as a Service, combined with the Pollination Insight Platform, offers the only comprehensive support for growers, ensuring full pollination coverage and efficiency. Watch Manuel’s story here: https://buff.ly/3YivUed #AgTech #PrecisionPollination #SustainableFarming #BeeHeroImpact

Two Regen Agri legends, Andrew Ardington and Peter Byck on the stage in Cape Town. Just before watching the first episode of a 4-part docuseries - Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there). The documentary series explores the world of adaptive cattle farmers and their conventional farming neighbours. Alongside this journey, a team of pioneering scientists conduct groundbreaking research, investigating the costs and benefits of grazing practices in harmony with nature versus those in conflict with it. The Q&A session was particularly interesting and especially when it came to conventional farmers being super curious about what their neighbour regen farmers were doing - seeing the positive impact and results from these practices, but still not feeling free to walk over to them, to ask the questions on their mind. But isn't it so for most businesses. What is holding us back from engaging with others in our network and industry. We can all learn from each other - on both sides of the fence. Collaboration is key in changing the way we have always been doing things. #regenagri #collaboration #courageousleadership

Great to have attended the 2024 #CattleCon in Orlando, Florida where 8,000 cattle folk descended into town to discuss all things ranching. This included a growing focus on regenerative ranching, with a fantastic presentation from Dr Jeff Goodwin from Texas A&M University. Jeff presented on the ‘Real-World Benefits ($$) of Managing for Improved Soil Health’ in a session sponsored by National Grazing Lands Coalition. In his presentation, he explained that regenerative principles align with the profitability of a grazing enterprise. The art in all of this is to focus on the principles that can be applied to different producer contexts, as opposed to prescribing practices. The upside beyond soil health and profitability is that this approach is ‘making ranching fun’. With nearly 50 measured soil carbon increases from producers in Australia, AgriProve is scouting regenerative networks in the US where our insights from measuring and monetising improved soil health in the form of carbon credits, can be applied to ranching operations. #RegenerativeAgriculture #SustainableAgriculture #ClimateInnovation

Today is #WorldBeeDay, and we’re buzzing with excitement to share how we’re working to #savethebees. (Stats included!). Here’s the scoop: - With a staggering 25 million hive samples collected daily, BeeHero has successfully doubled its previous data collection capacity. That means our algorithms are sharper than ever! - We’ve recorded a whopping 50% more bee frames per hive than the industry standard.That means fewer hives per acre, and less hassle for our growers. - With 300K hives now under our wing, it’s clear – precision pollination is the future of farming. So, let’s raise a glass to groundbreaking data, healthier hives, and a thriving planet. That’s what we call a win-win-win. Omer Davidi Itai Kanot Yuval Regev Batell Vallentine Blaish-Sultanik Ze'ev Barylka Tim Sawyer NICKY GASTON Naomi Soman

Pollinator Week 2024 is a celebration of the vital role that pollinators play in our ecosystems, economies, and agriculture. Under the theme "Vision 2040: Thriving ecosystems, economies, and agriculture," this year's event urges us to envision a future where pollinators not only survive but thrive. Bees, butterflies, moths, bats, beetles, and hummingbirds, are the unsung heroes behind the food we enjoy and the beauty that surrounds us. We know that pollinators thrive in our member gardens, so read our latest blog about how you can help manifest a future where pollinators thrive: https://lnkd.in/giPfzX-7   Pollinator Week was initiated and is managed Pollinator Partnership since 2008. #PollinatorWeek

Sending a huge shoutout this #FarmersDay to one of Escoffier's favorite farmers, educational partners, and advisory board members - Farmer Lee Jones! 😊👨🌾 Throughout the years, Farmer Lee has shown us the benefits of regenerative farming and how we can make efforts to leave the land better for future generations. Check out the recent Forbes article 'How A Red Bowtie And Overalls Symbolize Resilience To Farmer Lee Jones' to learn more about Farmer Lee, The Chef's Garden, Inc., and how he plans to help leave the world a greener place! 💚 https://lnkd.in/gUrRyEnH

🌍 Did you know that the global network of #LightHouseFarms includes 12 farms worldwide, with 2 of them participating in #ClimateFarmDemo? Discover more about these farms from Lenora Ditzler of Wageningen University & Research. Stay tuned for upcoming videos showcasing these two farms in the coming weeks! 👩🌾 #ClimateAction #SmartAgriculture #HorizonEurope

Our 2024/25 protocol is here. The protocol is the document that guides what we measure, and how we measure it. Over 6 months, we integrated feedback from: Over 500 farmers NGOs including WWF-UK and National Trust The Exchange Farmer Advisory board The Exchange Science Advisory board The result is an upgraded methodology that includes vital new metrics like Soil Cover %, Food Production and Nutrient Balances. Plus improvements to how we measure many of the metrics across all our 6 impact areas of soil health, carbon, biodiversity, animal welfare , water and social. Our top priority was developing a protocol that truly benefits farmers. The metrics we use must help farmers access financial rewards, make practical improvements, and be straightforward to implement. The aim being to ensure Exchange is accessible to all farmers, regardless of their type or scale of operation. Check it out at https://lnkd.in/e8pqExbJ The protocol is an ever evolving project - so let us know what you think at [email protected] Huge thanks to Dr Abigail Barker for her dedication in leading the creation of this protocol. Lloyds Banking Group Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (AMC) Marks and Spencer Agricarbon Arla Foods Foodbuy UK & Ireland Nando's UK & IRENestlé Riverford Organic Farmers UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) 3Keel Cibus

At LetsGrow.com, we’re proud to support Levoplant in their journey towards more precise and sustainable cultivation. 🌱📊 𝗕𝘆 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺, 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵. With detailed climate monitoring and scouting insights, they can now take targeted actions to safeguard their crops and improve biological control. Empowering growers with data is at the heart of what we do—and it’s exciting to see the real impact it’s having at Levoplant!   Want to read more? ➡️ bit.ly/3ZWtfcS *For the article in Dutch, see our comments section.   #datadrivengrowing #customerstory #innovation #pestcontrol

At first, we thought it was a joke 🤷🏼♂️ When planning a tree-planting session, Eduard asked us to bring a used tote bag, two cooked potatoes and a big bottle of freshly collected seawater. Things are strange, usual, hilarious, easy and tough at the same time here in Cadiz 🇪🇸❤️ I haven’t shared the farm log for a while, but there are definitely updates: - I have started a company 😇 - Almost lost a dog - Learned a tonne about cattle farming - Arrived at some great solutions working with Planton Farm remotely on the finances! Thanks a lot to Clare Hill, Manuel Troya Cantos, Annie Rayner, iñigo juantegui, Silas Hedley - Lawrence, Saba Nazarian, Marcus Link and Daniel H. Kristensen for good times and great conversations! Here’s the link: https://lnkd.in/e7u2bsy5 #regenerativeagriculture #journey #regenerativefarming #regenerativebusiness #farmfinance #holisticmanagement