Cultivating Innovation: Practical Solutions for Companies to Reduce Agricultural Emissions

This report identifies critical ways food companies can drive agricultural innovation – both within their supply chains and sector wide – to meet ambitious climate targets outlined in their transition plans. From using food additives like seaweed that reduce how much methane cattle produce to breeding perennial rice that isn’t grown in water and grows back each year, food companies are developing and deploying innovative approaches to slashing agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions. This innovation is critical for the food sector’s climate transition as raising animals and growing crops is responsible for up to 35% of human-produced emissions. In a new report, Cultivating Innovation: Practical Solutions for Companies to Reduce Agricultural Emissions, Ceres lays out both the emerging and the ready-to-deploy technologies and approaches that are the future of a low-carbon, sustainable food system. The report helps investors and companies understand the emerging solutions to reduce the main sources of agricultural emissions. By spurring innovation of new solutions while also incentivizing the adoption of existing practices, food companies have a key role to play in the sector-wide transition to a decarbonized economy.