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Regenerative Standards

In their 2020 report on Regenerative Standards, "Mapping the Regenerative Landscape," the Climate Collaborative analyzed three certification standards for regenerative agriculture[1]:

Will Harris of White Oak Pastures connects all three of these standards as member of:

  • Soil Carbon Initiative Committee of Experts
  • Regenerative Organic Alliance Board of Directors

with White Oak Pastures' grass-fed beef also featuring at the beginning of the Savory Institute presentation (p. 41).

As a major supplier for General Mills, which funds the Climate Collaborative, White Oak Pastures is "not just a small local farm, but actually part of a powerful and massive multinational company, and an important arm of its branding and marketing." Its claim to produce "carbon-negative beef" through regenerative grazing has been conclusively disproven, after General Mills-funded research was found to have "significant lapses that grossly exaggerate or misrepresent the true SOC sequestration capacity of their farming techniques." [2]

Donors

Table of Climate Collaborative Donors as of 2020[3]
A-G G-N N-P R-W
Alter Eco Griffith Foods Natural Habitats REBBL
Annie's Grove Collaborative Nature's Path Rogue Creamery
Associated Labels and Packaging Guayaki New Hope Network Safe Sterilization USA West
Aurora Organic Dairy Happy Family Organics New Morning Market Sambazon
Cheer Pack Harmless Harvest Numi Organic Tea Stonyfield
Clif Bar & Company INFRA Nutiva Strategic Rise Partners
Danone North America Justin’s Oregon's Wild Harvest Straus Famiy Creamery
Decker and Jessica Rolph KeHE Organic India Studio Fab
Dr. Bronner’s Lotus Foods Organic Valley Sweet Additions
Eatsie.us Lundberg Family Farms Outpost Natural Foods Tiger Cool Express
Foodstirs MegaFood Patagonia Traditional Medicinals
Gaia Herbs MOM's Organic Market Plum Organics Trayak
General Mills Mountain Rose Herbs Pluot Consulting Whole Foods / Amazon Inc
gimMe Snacks National Co-Op Grocers Presence Marketing

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