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The Rainforest Alliance is working to make cashew farming more sustainable by addressing challenges like deforestation, poor working conditions, and low farmer incomes through certification, sustainable practices, traceability, and supply chain improvements.... Continue Reading
What can be done to reduce this reliance on pesticides and the negative consequences of pesticide use? A practical and cost-effective answer is integrated pest management (IPM).... Continue Reading
The Rainforest Alliance and Acorn will partner with two coffee businesses and farmers in Vietnam to implement regenerative coffee farming practices that can increase their plots’ resilience, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration capabilities. ... Continue Reading
The Rainforest Alliance partnered with the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT) to create a joint certification for herbs and spices that is fostering a more sustainable and regenerative future for the industry. ... Continue Reading
Sourcing herbs and spices from certified farms brings valuable benefits to businesses, such as helping to minimize risk, promoting responsible supply chains, and meeting sustainability commitments. It also helps drive consumer preference and raises a company’s standing and reputation among investors, buyers, employees, and the industry.
Many of the same government, civil society, and corporate leaders who attend the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali will also participate in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Riyadh, alongside the G20 Summit. These leaders need to connect the summits […]