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The inaugural GreenBizBLOOM 23, held concurrently with GreenBiz VERGE 23 in San Jose, Calif., attracted leaders from NGOs, food companies, technology and academia to discuss the link between the climate and biodiversity crises and how stakeholders across the value chain can enact meaningful change for the benefit of both.

For Syngenta, the show served as a chance to accomplish two of the input company’s goals — first, to bring their new BioDiversity Sensor Project to a broader climate tech audience and second, to ensure that companies in the agriculture industry have a presence in the climate conversation.

Follow continued coverage of GreenBiz VERGE 23 from Jamie Sears Rawlings, manager of climate smart communications at Trust In Food.

Cutting methane emissions from dairy cows was a major focus of the recent COP28 Summit, which brought global climate change issues to center stage. The Dairy Methane Action Alliance says it will begin reporting methane emissions in 2024 and have an action plan by end of year. AgWeb has found researchers that might have a head start – their research has found a way to cut emissions by up to half with one simple ingredient. Tyne Morgan, host and executive producer of U.S. Farm Report, shares those insights and more from COP28.

FoodChain ID, a global sustainability certifier, and ReSeed, a provider of full life-cycle carbon-credit traceability, have partnered on a new carbon-credit verification standard that aims to incentivize, measure and verify the progress of carbon sequestration through regenerative agriculture practices.

The companies say their partnership combines the Fairfield, Iowa-based FoodChain ID’s more than 25 years of sustainability certification and verification experience with Pittsburgh-based ReSeed’s artificial intelligence-powered digital ledger transparency platform to answer a specific market need with independent verification of carbon credits.

Jennifer Strailey, editorial director, produce at Farm Journal has the full story of what the partnership will mean for the industry and a more sustainable future for agriculture at The Packer.