Leading food and beverage companies and retail and foodservice operators are committing to aggressive goals to offset climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. One strategy impacting the processors and ingredient suppliers is the broad shift to future purchases of ingredients developed through regenerative agriculture.

Regeneration International defines regenerative agriculture as farming and grazing practices that, among other benefits, reverse climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity. The goal is both carbon drawdown and an improved water cycle.

Here are just four examples of leading companies’ actions involving regenerative agriculture.