Sustainable Agriculture

Geographic Impact: Southeast United States

Active Project(s): In partnership with ADM’s subsidiary, Golden Peanut, along with the National Black Growers Council (NBGC), we’ve supported the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices in the peanut supply chain in the southeast United States.

Measuring Progress: Our three-year agreement covers 20,000 peanut acres per year and includes a commitment that 5,000 acres per year will be affiliated with the NBGC. In 2023, 100% of these acres included cover crops, with 73% featuring reduced till or no-till practices, resulting in a modeled outcome of .34 MT/ acre sequestration.

Geographic Impact: Midwest United States and Company locations in Orrville, OH; Longmont, CO; and New Orleans, LA

Active Project(s): Established pollinator gardens at several Smucker facilities, which are all recognized as Bee Friendly Gardens. Our ongoing partnership with P2 includes multi-year support for pollinator health projects among row crop, specialty crop, urban agriculture and other settings in Ohio and Indiana; employee engagement and education events to promote the health and future of pollinator populations; sponsorship of the North American Pollinators Protections Campaign and international Bee Friendly Gardening program; and research grants that are vital to our environment and agriculture systems.

Measuring Progress: We’ve established three pollinator gardens to date and supported research for the development of four habitat guides for Ohio, supporting monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

Geographic Impact: Key North American regions including the Great Plains, Great Lakes Basin and Upper Mississippi River Basin

Active Project(s): Our participation in NFWF’s Conservation Partners Program (CPP) is focused on supporting organizations that provide staff and technical assistance to private landowners to accelerate and scale the adoption of conservation practices. The primary impacts of our seven active projects include improved soil health, restored pollinator habitat and enhanced water conservation and quality

Measuring Progress: Projected 240,000 acres to be enhanced with one or more sustainable agriculture practices.

Geographic Impact: South Sumatra, Indonesia

Active Project(s): In South Sumatra, Indonesia, we have partnered with HRNS to support the development of a resilient and sustainable smallholder coffee landscape. Through both on-the-ground and virtual training sessions, this work has helped improve coffee production, strengthen farmer organizations and increase economic opportunities for youth and women.

Measuring Progress: This work has provided support to over 17,000 coffee farmers through training while resulting in a 20% yield increase.

Geographic Impact: Northern Great Plains (NGP)

Active Project(s): Spanning a significant portion of the United States and Canada, the NGP region is critical to row crops like wheat, corn and soy, which are vital to our food supply and our own Company’s supply chain. WWF is committed to restoring biodiversity and living prairies and grasslands across the NGP through partnerships with landowners, tribal communities and partner organizations.

Measuring Progress: Through our support of the WWF’s Sustainable Ranching Initiative, an extension of our efforts in the Northern Great Plains, we helped reseed over 1,000 acres of native grassland in north central Montana in collaboration with the Fort Belknap Indian Community.

Geographic Impact: Costa Rica

Active Project(s): We have partnered with Reforest the Tropics to plant new farm forest in Costa Rica to promote long-term carbon sequestration, habitat creation and community development while securing the long-term health of important forest land.

Measuring Progress: Engaged in a 25-year reforestation project to establish 125 hectares of diverse forest in Costa Rica, commemorating our 125+ years in business.

Geographic Impact: Indonesia, Guatemala, Honduras, Brazil, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda

Active Project(s): Our work with c&c is focused on securing the future of coffee in response to climate change. c&c coordinates training with coffee farmers to help them adapt to climate change while increasing the climate resilience of entire coffee regions.

Measuring Progress: Since inception, c&c has trained more than 131,000 coffee farming households on climate-smart techniques.

Geographic Impact: Key coffee regions in Central and South America

Active Project(s): Through a joint initiative with TechnoServe and the USDA, we support the Maximizing Opportunities in Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA) Project. MOCCA trains farmers on climate-resilient agronomic practices, opens new doors to financing, makes high-quality genetic material available for planting and supports research to develop more resilient varieties. The project also links farmers to higher-value markets where they can earn more money to reinvest into their farms.

Measuring Progress: To date, over 72,000 farmers have received training (34% women).

Geographic Impact: Vietnam

Active Project(s): Correcting overuse of fertilizers to support long-term sustainable practices in Vietnam.

Measuring Progress: Over 800 soil samples analyzed and 36 trial plots selected.